Cost of living in Huntsville, Alabama
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,171 a month.
Huntsville is a city in Alabama. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $74,714 a year.
- People
- 222,791
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,171
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $74,714
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $293,600
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,341
- Huntsville, AL MSA
Huntsville, Alabama has about 222,791 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $293,600.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Madison County is $1,341 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Huntsville. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Huntsville, AL metro area, prices sit at 93.1 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 Huntsville'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 Huntsville bill.
In July 2026, a typical Alabama home paid 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Huntsville'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, 55 have higher typical rent than Huntsville.
Nearby places
- Madison
Typical rent $1,453
Compare with Huntsville - Triana
Typical rent $1,729
Compare with Huntsville - Harvest
Typical rent $1,236
Compare with Huntsville - Meridianville
Typical rent $1,348
Compare with Huntsville - Moores Mill
Typical rent $1,288
Compare with Huntsville - Owens Cross Roads
Typical rent $946
Compare with Huntsville - Priceville
Typical rent $682
Compare with Huntsville - Athens
Typical rent $899
Compare with Huntsville
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.