Zip lookup · AL

36879
Waverly, Alabama.

Waverly, Lee County, AL · Auburn-Opelika, AL metro · population 2,826

What it costs per month · 36879 $2,433/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,252 (+106%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $8,109 +2%
$455,461$463,570 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $78,034 +20%
$385,536$463,570 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 $2,500 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 36879 $2,433 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 36879$2,433
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.

Typical home values in zip 36879 rose 1.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 3 counties: Chambers County, AL 48% · Lee County, AL 46% · Tallapoosa County, AL 6%

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

Typical home value $463,570 as of Sep 2026
+1.8%year on year

Typical home value — 36879

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 36879 $463,570 Auburn $350,990 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 36879$463,570
  • Auburn$350,990
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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7.0 36850 Camp Hill 2,557 — $106,794
9.6 36832 Auburn 30,959 $1,427 $380,520
9.6 36801 Opelika 25,438 $1,456 $298,744
13.4 36853 Dadeville 9,541 — $520,948
13.7 36862 Lafayette 5,915 — $144,938
14.1 36830 Auburn 49,292 $1,780 $432,568
15.3 36866 Notasulga 3,898 — $196,001
16.1 36852 Cusseta 2,308 — $274,890
18.7 36804 Opelika 20,535 $1,150 $324,560
19.4 36861 Jacksons Gap 2,853 — $621,954

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