Brewton, Alabama.
Typical home $153,299 (+1.1% in a year). Atmore, AL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$393 (+96%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $1,710 +1%
- $151,588$153,299 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $21,344 +16%
- $131,955$153,299 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.
- Brewton$805
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 23 years.
Typical home values in Brewton, AL rose 1.1% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Brewton, Escambia County, Alabama
Brewton is a city of 5,276 people in Escambia County. Half its households earn more than $50,721 a year and half less, against $48,225 across Escambia County; 14% of its people live below the poverty line. 72% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 28% are rented. Unemployment in Escambia County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Brewton is a small city where most homes are lived in by their owners, and incomes run a little above the county's. Typical home values are modest, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many parts of the country. Winters are mild and short, with January the coolest month, while summers are hot, and a good deal of rain falls through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing and restaurants and hotels also employing a good share. Some of the largest workplaces in Brewton are Walmart, the T R Miller Mill Company, which makes lumber, and D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital. Commutes are short, and very few people work from home.
Things to do. Murder Creek, a river, is a short drive away. Farther afield, Conecuh National Forest is a protected area of woodland, and the Sepulga River is another river for a longer outing.
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- 1,944households
- 24%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 19 mintypical commute
- 3%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Escambia County had 12,951 jobs in 2025, 0.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 59° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 71°. About 72 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Brewton Ene weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Brewton
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters267
- T R Miller Mill CompanyDimension lumber, hardwood, made from logs or bolts200
- D W Mcmillan Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital187FTE
- Brewton City SchoolsSchool district146FTE
- Frit CarRolling stock, railroad, rebuilding87
- Southern Pine Electric CooperativeDistribution of electric power75
- BrewtonMail and parcel delivery27
- Houchens Food GroupSupermarkets and other grocery stores25
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 982 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts 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
- TornadoesVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Brewton’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 Escambia County and the Atmore, AL metro.
Brewton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Brewton$153,299
- Alabama$238,614
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 7 Brewton listings — the market is heating up.
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.
- Brewton14.22%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Brewton25
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Brewton6
Zip codes with a Brewton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Brewton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.