What is the population of Montevallo city?

Montevallo city has 7,429 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #89 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Montevallo city?

Median household income in Montevallo city is $54,665 a year, 30.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Montevallo city?

Median gross rent is $906 a month and the median home value is $210,400, so rent absorbs about 19.9% of median household income.

Is Montevallo city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Montevallo city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Montevallo, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Montevallo, Alabama (Montevallo, AL — Census place “Montevallo city”) is 7,429 residents, ranking #89 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $54,665, the median home is worth $210,400 and median gross rent runs $906 a month. Looking for the Montevallo Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Montevallo, AL: 35115.

Population: 7,429Montevallo city residents
Median household income: $54,665Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $210,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $906Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 26.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.7%Owner-occupied households

Montevallo ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Montevallo.

The Montevallo AL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

35115

What the numbers mean in Montevallo city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Montevallo city median would spend about 19.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.2% of residents and 64.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Montevallo city, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Montevallo city is a mid-size town in Alabama, with 7,429 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #89 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 26.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Montevallo city earn a median of $54,665 a year, 30.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $55,687 median for the 322 Alabama cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 15.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Montevallo city is valued at $210,400, 30.7% below the national figure and 33% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $906 a month, 35.6% below the national figure, or roughly $10,872 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 64.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

A median age of 26.4 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Montevallo city?: Montevallo city has 7,429 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #89 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Montevallo city?: Median household income in Montevallo city is $54,665 a year, 30.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Montevallo city?: Median gross rent is $906 a month and the median home value is $210,400, so rent absorbs about 19.9% of median household income.
Is Montevallo city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Montevallo city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Montevallo city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.