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Cost of living in Underwood-Petersville, Alabama

Simple answer

Typical rent is $820 a month.

Underwood-Petersville is a Census community, not a separate city government in Alabama. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $48,219 a year.

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People
3,100
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$820
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$48,219
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$142,900
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,085
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL MSA

Underwood-Petersville, Alabama has about 3,100 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $142,900.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Lauderdale County is $1,085 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Underwood-Petersville. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area, prices sit at 84.8 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 Underwood-Petersville'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 Underwood-Petersville bill.

In July 2026, a typical Alabama home paid 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Underwood-Petersville'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, 165 have higher typical rent than Underwood-Petersville.

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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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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.