South · Alabama · pop 225K
Huntsville, AL
Good match
at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.
Personalize this score →After estimated taxes in AL, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,144 — covering estimated essentials here (about $1,003 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $1,763 left over.
Expect summer highs near 90°F, winter lows around 32°F, and about 213 sunny days a year.
The job market looks healthy: 2.6% unemployment and 3.0% job growth over the past year.
Tradeoff: reported crime rates are higher than most cities here, so research specific neighborhoods before deciding.
The Huntsville fit print
Est. monthly cost
$3,381/mo
Typical rent
$1,180/mo
Home value ÷ income
4.1×
Score breakdown
The data behind the score
Money (Census ACS · HUD)
- Median gross rent
- $1,120/mo
- HUD fair market rent (2BR)
- $1,180/mo
- Median home value
- $290,000
- Median household income
- $71,000
- Population
- 225,000
Work (BLS)
- Unemployment rate
- 2.6%
- Job growth (1yr)
- 3.0%
Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)
- Violent crime rate
- 830
- Property crime rate
- 3,800
Climate (NOAA normals)
- Avg. summer high
- 90°F
- Avg. winter low
- 32°F
- Sunny days / year
- 213
- Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
- ≈17/yr
- Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
- ≈75/yr
- Unhealthy air days
- ≈5/yr
- Annual rain
- 54"
- Annual snow
- 1"
Community & access (approx.)
- 2024 county margin
- R+7
- Int'l airport
- ≈12 mi
- Walkability
- 23/100
- Disaster risk
- 58/100
Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.
Track Huntsville affordability
We'll email you if rents or costs in Huntsville shift. Occasional, no spam.
Unsubscribe anytime