Arley, Alabama.
Typical home $476,518 (+4.0% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,441 (+136%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $18,489 +4%
- $458,029$476,518 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $100,197 +27%
- $376,320$476,518 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.
- Arley$2,501
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Arley, AL rose 4.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Arley, Winston County, Alabama
Arley is a town of 330 people in Winston County. Unemployment in Winston County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Winston County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Arley is a very small town in the hills of northern Alabama, with a population that puts it among the smallest places people think of as a town. Residents are younger than in many small towns, and homes here are valued well above what incomes across Winston County would suggest. Winters are mild and rarely bring snow, summers are hot, and the year is wet.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in the building trades. Across Winston County, the largest workplaces include Clayton, which makes manufactured homes, Winston Homebuilders, and Winston County Schools. The county's jobs have grown a little over the past year, and the daily drive to work is on the long side.
Things to do. The William B. Bankhead National Forest is the best known of the nearby outdoor places, a protected area a longer drive away. Close to it are the Sipsey Wilderness, another protected area, and Lewis Smith Lake, a reservoir, each also a longer drive away. Rickwood Caverns State Park, a protected area a longer drive away, is another option for a day out.
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- 37 mintypical commute
- 2%work from home
What people in Winston County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Winston County had 8,154 jobs in 2025, 2.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 50° and lows near 29°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 68°. About 61 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Addison weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Winston County
- Winston HomebuildersManufacturing building construction558
- ClaytonManufactured home manufacturing308
- ClaytonManufactured home manufacturing275
- Winston County SchoolsSchool district259FTE
- ClaytonManufactured home manufacturing251
- MasoniteDoor frames and sash, wood and covered wood, manufacturing251
- ClaytonManufactured home manufacturing220
- Haleyville City SchoolsSchool district203FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 24 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,329 people in all across the county; Arley has none of its own. 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
- Inland floodingVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Arley’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 Winston County.
Arley home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Arley$476,518
- Alabama$238,614
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Arley 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.
- Arley20.23%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Arley61
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Arley9
Zip codes with a Arley address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Arley — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.