Zip lookup · AL

35963
Dawson, Alabama.

Dawson, De Kalb County, AL · Fort Payne, AL metro · population 1,398

What it costs per month · 35963 $1,068/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$602 (+129%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $13,083 +7%
$190,460$203,543 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $42,217 +26%
$161,326$203,543 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 35963 $1,068 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 35963$1,068
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.

Typical home values in zip 35963 rose 6.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Dawson, AL — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $203,543 as of Sep 2026
+6.9%year on year

Typical home value — 35963

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 35963 $203,543 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2020 2022 2024 2026
  • 35963$203,543
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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4.5 35974 Geraldine 1,518 — $196,907
6.8 35961 Collinsville 5,879 — $201,012
6.8 35971 Fyffe 4,452 — $207,777
7.3 35962 Crossville 8,666 — $200,565
9.5 35975 Groveoak 1,649 — $231,453
11.4 35986 Rainsville 8,207 — $230,834
12.4 35968 Fort Payne 4,763 — $229,627
12.9 35951 Albertville 14,869 — $218,916
12.9 35771 Section 3,414 — $191,364
13.6 35967 Fort Payne 16,957 — $198,708
15.1 35755 Langston 466 — $276,973
15.8 35988 Sylvania 2,368 — $201,067
16.0 35983 Leesburg 3,572 — $251,433
17.8 35744 Dutton 2,574 — $188,289
18.7 35769 Scottsboro 9,908 — $272,743
19.0 35957 Boaz 16,737 — $206,837
19.3 35956 Boaz 8,748 — $223,663
19.8 35904 Gadsden 14,015 $750 $114,375
19.9 35954 Attalla 12,054 — $145,475

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.