Cost of living in Russellville, Alabama
Russellville, Alabama has about 10,799 people. Typical rent is $685 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $58,231 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 $685 a month.
Russellville is a city in Alabama. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $58,231 a year.
- People
- 10,799
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $685
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $58,231
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $123,800
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $921
- Franklin County, AL
Russellville, Alabama has about 10,799 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $123,800.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Franklin County is $921 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Russellville. 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 Russellville'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 Russellville bill.
In July 2026, a typical Alabama home paid 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Russellville'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, 228 have higher typical rent than Russellville.
Nearby places
- Tuscumbia
Typical rent $748
Compare with Russellville - Muscle Shoals
Typical rent $1,029
Compare with Russellville - Bear Creek
Typical rent $760
Compare with Russellville - Hackleburg
Typical rent $525
Compare with Russellville - Sheffield
Typical rent $829
Compare with Russellville - Haleyville
Typical rent $758
Compare with Russellville - Cherokee
Typical rent $902
- Florence
Typical rent $820
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.