Zip lookup · AL

36521
Chunchula, Alabama.

Chunchula, Mobile County, AL · Mobile, AL metro · population 5,536

What it costs per month · 36521 $1,124/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$597 (+113%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $8,072 +4%
$205,998$214,070 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $40,308 +23%
$173,762$214,070 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 36521 $1,124 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 36521$1,124
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.

Typical home values in zip 36521 rose 3.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $214,070 as of Sep 2026
+3.9%year on year

Typical home value — 36521

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 36521 $214,070 Mobile $194,638 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 36521$214,070
  • Mobile$194,638
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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9.1 36571 Saraland 17,143 $1,404 $239,679
9.7 36505 Axis 762 — $209,710
10.0 36522 Citronelle 7,116 — $165,587
10.4 36613 Eight Mile 12,234 — $144,752
10.5 36572 Satsuma 6,922 — $242,881
10.8 36525 Creola 1,945 — $217,595
11.7 36560 Mount Vernon 2,858 — $99,366
13.1 36587 Wilmer 12,013 — $200,023
14.4 36575 Semmes 23,481 $1,500 $240,291
14.7 36611 Mobile 6,332 $948 $110,290
15.1 36612 Mobile 3,274 — $61,037
15.7 36618 Mobile 17,892 $1,462 $170,047
16.9 36610 Mobile 9,877 — $36,360
17.9 36617 Mobile 11,128 — $60,444
18.8 36607 Mobile 5,393 $1,672 $117,691

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