Andalusia, Alabama.
Typical home $164,646 (+1.1% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$454 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $1,811 +1%
- $162,836$164,646 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $15,829 +11%
- $148,817$164,646 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.
- Andalusia$864
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 34 years.
Typical home values in Andalusia, AL rose 1.1% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama
Andalusia is a city of 8,805 people in Covington County. Half its households earn more than $42,611 a year and half less, against $52,456 across Covington County; 25% of its people live below the poverty line. 62% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 38% are rented. Unemployment in Covington County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 2.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Andalusia is a small city in Covington County, in the south of Alabama. Incomes here run below the county's as a whole, and a good share of residents live below the poverty line. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and the people are younger than in many small towns.
Work. Schools, hospitals and social care employ more residents than any other kind of work, followed by shops, manufacturing, and restaurants and hotels. Among the largest workplaces in town are Covington County Schools, Andalusia REG Hosp and Three Notch Group. Most people get to work in a short drive, and few work from home.
Things to do. The Three Notch Museum is in or beside town. A longer drive brings you to Conecuh National Forest, a large protected area, and to the Sepulga River. Winters are mild with little or no snow, summers are hot, and rain falls through much of the year, so outdoor outings are possible in most seasons.
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- 3,148households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 25%below the poverty line
- 19 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Covington County had 12,461 jobs in 2025, 2.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 60° and lows near 35°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 70°. About 60 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Andalusia West weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Andalusia
- Covington County SchoolsSchool district353FTE
- Kindred HealthcareGeneral medical and surgical hospitals276
- Three Notch GroupCivil engineering services210
- Andalusia Manor,LLCNursing homes106
- Kindred HealthcareGeneral medical and surgical hospitals63
- Houchens Food GroupSupermarkets and other grocery stores45
- Andalusia Farmers Cooperative - Andalusia, Florala, OppFarm supplies merchant wholesalers44
- AndalusiaMail and parcel delivery40
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 840 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- LightningVery high
- HurricanesVery high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Andalusia’s census tracts, 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 Covington County.
Andalusia home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Andalusia$164,646
- Alabama$238,614
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Andalusia listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Andalusia18.69%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Andalusia103
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Andalusia17
Zip codes with a Andalusia address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Andalusia — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Andalusia
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36420 | Andalusia | 10,463 | — | $146,154 |
| 36421 | Andalusia | 9,799 | — | $196,616 |