Cost of living in Homewood, Alabama
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,463 a month.
Homewood is a city in Alabama. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $94,485 a year.
- People
- 27,829
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,463
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $94,485
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $558,500
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,375
- Birmingham-Hoover, AL HUD Metro FMR Area
Homewood, Alabama has about 27,829 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $558,500.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Jefferson County is $1,375 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Homewood. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Birmingham, AL metro area, prices sit at 91.6 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Alabama taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Homewood's exact store tax.
Some places in Alabama add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.07% of income. That is not a Homewood bill.
In July 2026, a typical Alabama home paid 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Homewood's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Alabama in the table we use.
Among 290 places we list in Alabama with a rent figure, 20 have higher typical rent than Homewood.
Nearby places
- Vestavia Hills
Typical rent $1,515
Compare with Homewood - Birmingham
Typical rent $1,107
Compare with Homewood - Mountain Brook
Typical rent $1,456
Compare with Homewood - Hoover
Typical rent $1,457
Compare with Homewood - Fairfield
Typical rent $1,008
Compare with Homewood - Midfield
Typical rent $1,244
Compare with Homewood - Lipscomb
Typical rent $1,044
- Brook Highland
Typical rent $1,460
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Alabama
Bigger places in Alabama
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.