Zip lookup · AL

35981
Ider, Alabama.

Ider, De Kalb County, AL · Fort Payne, AL metro · population 2,052

What it costs per month · 35981 $1,064/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$584 (+121%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $12,830 +7%
$189,924$202,754 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $28,804 +17%
$173,950$202,754 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 35981 $1,064 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 35981$1,064
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 23 years.

Typical home values in zip 35981 rose 6.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $202,754 as of Sep 2026
+6.8%year on year

Typical home value — 35981

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 35981 $202,754 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 35981$202,754
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.8 35966 Flat Rock 3,543 — $194,511
7.5 35978 Henagar 5,580 — $206,039
7.6 35979 Higdon 1,103 — $198,929
7.9 35989 Valley Head 3,330 — $237,482
10.5 30738 Rising Fawn 3,424 — $279,597
10.6 35765 Pisgah 4,175 — $181,367
13.3 30731 Menlo 2,479 — $266,305
13.5 35958 Bryant 3,426 — $193,867
14.1 35984 Mentone 1,424 — $312,531
14.5 35988 Sylvania 2,368 — $201,067
14.5 30752 Trenton 9,527 — $238,005
16.4 30707 Chickamauga 16,686 — $265,752
16.8 35744 Dutton 2,574 — $188,289
17.1 35740 Bridgeport 3,443 — $135,275
17.8 35752 Hollywood 2,524 — $178,915
18.2 35772 Stevenson 4,082 — $174,598
18.3 35968 Fort Payne 4,763 — $229,627
18.8 35986 Rainsville 8,207 — $230,834
19.2 30757 Wildwood 1,589 — $228,317

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