Adger, Alabama.
. Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$642 (+105%) since Jan 2020.
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.
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
Living in Adger, Jefferson County, Alabama
The Census does not count Adger on its own, so the figures here are Jefferson County's. Half the county's households earn more than $66,388 a year and half less; 16% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 64% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 36% are rented. Unemployment in Jefferson County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Jefferson County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Adger lies in Jefferson County, Alabama, and across the county as a whole, most homes are lived in by their owners. Winters are mild with little or no snow, summers are hot, and rain falls more heavily than in most of the country. The county's residents span a wide range of ages, and many have lived in the area for years.
Work. Unemployment across Jefferson County is modest, though it has risen a little over the past year, and jobs grew slightly last year. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, or in manufacturing. Most people travel to a workplace rather than working from home, and a fair share of adults hold a four-year degree.
Things to do. For time near water, Locust Fork is a river a short drive away. Farther off, the Birmingham Museum of Art and the Birmingham Zoo are each a longer drive away, one for paintings and sculpture and the other for animals.
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- 269,883households
- 37.7median age
- 36%of adults have a degree
- 16%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What people in Jefferson County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Jefferson County had 368,875 jobs in 2025, 0.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 54° and lows near 34°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 71°. About 60 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bankhead L&d weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Jefferson County
- University of Alabama HospitalGeneral hospital11,411FTE
- UA Health Services FoundationCommunity health centers and clinics, outpatient5,637
- THE Children's Hospital of AlabamaChildren's hospital4,552FTE
- Brasfield & Gorrie Corporate OfficeCommercial building construction4,447
- AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage3,660
- Jefferson County SchoolsSchool district3,404FTE
- Southern Foodservice ManagementCafeteria food services contractors2,670
- Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs2,665
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 623 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 101,368 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- TornadoesVery high
- LightningVery high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Jefferson County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Jefferson County and the Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro.
Adger home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Adger16
Zip codes with a Adger address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Adger — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.