Cost of living in Lake View, Alabama
Lake View, Alabama has about 4,063 people. Typical rent is $1,676 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $101,487 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,676 a month.
Lake View is a city in Alabama. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $101,487 a year.
- People
- 4,063
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,676
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $101,487
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $304,400
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,165
- Tuscaloosa, AL HUD Metro FMR Area
Lake View, Alabama has about 4,063 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $304,400.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Tuscaloosa County is $1,165 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Lake View. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Tuscaloosa, AL metro area, prices sit at 87.7 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 Lake View'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 Lake View bill.
In July 2026, a typical Alabama home paid 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Lake View'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, 8 have higher typical rent than Lake View.
Nearby places
- Woodstock
Typical rent $1,027
Compare with Lake View - McCalla
Typical rent $1,777
Compare with Lake View - Vance
Typical rent $1,550
Compare with Lake View - Hueytown
Typical rent $1,304
Compare with Lake View - Bessemer
Typical rent $961
Compare with Lake View - Brookwood
Typical rent $1,097
Compare with Lake View - Concord
Typical rent $775
- Rock Creek
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.