Columbia, Alabama.
Typical home $161,946 (+0.2% in a year). Dothan, AL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$395 (+87%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $293 +0%
- $161,653$161,946 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $22,602 +16%
- $139,344$161,946 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.
- Columbia$850
- 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 Columbia, AL rose 0.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Columbia, Henry County, Alabama
Columbia is a town of 690 people in Henry County. Unemployment in Henry County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 4.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Henry County 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Columbia is a very small town in Henry County, Alabama, where neighbors are likely to know one another. Homes here are priced modestly, and a smaller share of adults hold a four-year degree than is typical across the country. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot, with plenty of rain through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in transport, warehouses and utilities, with some in professional and business services. Across Henry County, the largest workplaces include Henry County Schools and several Great Southern Wood operations. Jobs across the county fell in the most recent year measured, and unemployment there has risen a little compared with a year earlier. Most people work away from home, and the typical commute is a moderate one.
Things to do. George W. Andrews Lake, a reservoir in or beside town, is the closest spot for time near the water. A longer drive away are the Choctawhatchee River and Kolomoki Mounds State Park, an archaeological site. Those who want an afternoon indoors can make the longer drive to the Wiregrass Museum of Art.
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- 6%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 1%work from home
What people in Henry County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Henry County had 3,747 jobs in 2025, 4.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 60° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 72°. About 57 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Headland weather station, 14 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Henry County
- Henry County SchoolsSchool district286FTE
- Great Southern Wood - CorporateWood preservation178
- Great Southern Wood PreservingSawmills105
- Donald Smith CompanyWater well drilling, digging, boring or sinking61
- LesaffrePowders, baking, manufacturing48
- Great Southern Wood - Greenbush Wood ProductsWood preservation43
- Pruitt CommunicationsAlarm system, electric, installation only42
- Great Southern Wood - AbbevilleWood preservation41
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 15 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 732 people in all across the county; Columbia 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
- TornadoesRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Columbia’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Henry County and the Dothan, AL metro.
Columbia home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Columbia$161,946
- Alabama$238,614
- United States$366,157
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Columbia10
Zip codes with a Columbia address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Columbia — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.