Zip lookup · AL

35986
Rainsville, Alabama.

Rainsville, De Kalb County, AL · Fort Payne, AL metro · population 8,207

What it costs per month · 35986 $1,212/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$717 (+145%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $11,358 +5%
$219,475$230,834 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $57,646 +33%
$173,187$230,834 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 35986 $1,212 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 35986$1,212
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.

Typical home values in zip 35986 rose 5.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $230,834 as of Sep 2026
+5.2%year on year

Typical home value — 35986

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 35986 $230,834 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 35986$230,834
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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4.2 35968 Fort Payne 4,763 — $229,627
4.4 35988 Sylvania 2,368 — $201,067
7.0 35971 Fyffe 4,452 — $207,777
8.4 35744 Dutton 2,574 — $188,289
9.3 35771 Section 3,414 — $191,364
11.0 35967 Fort Payne 16,957 — $198,708
11.4 35978 Henagar 5,580 — $206,039
11.4 35963 Dawson 1,398 — $203,543
13.1 35765 Pisgah 4,175 — $181,367
13.7 35975 Groveoak 1,649 — $231,453
13.8 35974 Geraldine 1,518 — $196,907
13.8 35989 Valley Head 3,330 — $237,482
15.7 35984 Mentone 1,424 — $312,531
15.7 35769 Scottsboro 9,908 — $272,743
15.8 35961 Collinsville 5,879 — $201,012
16.3 35755 Langston 466 — $276,973
18.2 35962 Crossville 8,666 — $200,565
18.4 35752 Hollywood 2,524 — $178,915
18.8 35981 Ider 2,052 — $202,754
19.8 35973 Gaylesville 2,778 — $214,967

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