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Cost of living in Saks, Alabama

Saks, Alabama has about 10,681 people. Typical rent is $898 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $49,753 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.

Ranked #72 in Alabama on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $898 a month.

Saks is a Census community, not a separate city government in Alabama. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $49,753 a year.

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People
10,681
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$898
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$49,753
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$116,400
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,010
Anniston-Oxford, AL MSA

Saks, Alabama has about 10,681 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $116,400.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Calhoun County is $1,010 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Saks. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area, prices sit at 85.9 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 Saks'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 Saks bill.

In July 2026, a typical Alabama home paid 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Saks'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, 143 have higher typical rent than Saks.

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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.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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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.