The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 36854 sells for about $239,900, or $152 per square foot.
Prices are down 7.2% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 72 days to sell, which is slow. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,060 a month.
ZIP 36854 — Valley
The housing market in the 36854 ZIP code is currently characterized by a median home price of $239,900, reflecting broader trends in Chambers County. Market activity shows a year-over-year decline in median prices, while inventory remains limited. Data for this specific ZIP is largely aggregated at the county level due to limited localized reporting.
Median prices moved down 7.2% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 72 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 2.9% · poverty 13.9% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 36854
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Alabama) — Standard State Ad Valorem Homestead Exemption: Exempts up to $4,000 in assessed valuation from the 6.5 mill state ad valorem tax levy (providing a maximum direct state tax reduction of $26.00). Formula: Adjusted State Tax = Max(0, (Assessed Value - $4,000)) × 0.0065. State (Alabama) — Statewide Ad Valorem Property Tax and Class III Residential Assessment Ratio: Establishes a baseline 6.5 statewide millage rate ($0.0065 per dollar of assessed value) under Ala. Code § 40-8-1 and the Alabama Constitution.
Data sourced from US Census Bureau and ACS estimates.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.