Cost of living in Rainsville, Alabama
Rainsville, Alabama has about 5,702 people. Typical rent is $519 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $74,046 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 $519 a month.
Rainsville is a city in Alabama. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $74,046 a year.
- People
- 5,702
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $519
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $74,046
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $230,400
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $921
- DeKalb County, AL
Rainsville, Alabama has about 5,702 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $230,400.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in DeKalb County is $921 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Rainsville. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
Alabama's prices sit at 88.8 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.
Alabama taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Rainsville'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 Rainsville bill.
In July 2026, a typical Alabama home paid 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Rainsville'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, 276 have higher typical rent than Rainsville.
Nearby places
- Fyffe
Typical rent $565
Compare with Rainsville - Sylvania
Typical rent $692
Compare with Rainsville - Fort Payne
Typical rent $679
Compare with Rainsville - Henagar
Typical rent $1,048
Compare with Rainsville - Collinsville
Typical rent $545
Compare with Rainsville - Scottsboro
Typical rent $830
Compare with Rainsville - Crossville
Typical rent $695
- Cedar Bluff
Typical rent $642
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.