Demopolis, Alabama.
Typical home $152,497 (+2.2% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$332 (+71%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,238 +2%
- $149,259$152,497 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $9,124 +6%
- $143,373$152,497 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.
- Demopolis$800
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 56 years.
Typical home values in Demopolis, AL rose 2.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Demopolis, Marengo County, Alabama
Demopolis is a city of 7,162 people in Marengo County. 55% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 45% are rented. Unemployment in Marengo County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% fewer 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Demopolis is a small city in Marengo County, Alabama, on the Black Warrior River. Incomes here run below the county's typical level, and a large part of the population lives below the poverty line. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and a typical home costs well under what it does in much of the country. Winters are mild and rarely bring snow, summers are hot, and the year is a wet one.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and professional and business services also employing a good share. Walmart, Demopolis City Schools and Crowne Health Care are among the largest workplaces in town. Unemployment across Marengo County is a little higher than it was a year ago, and the county has lost a small number of jobs over the past year. Most people drive a fairly short way to work, and few work from home.
Things to do. The Black Warrior River runs in or beside town, and Demopolis Town Square, a protected area, is close by as well. Chickasaw State Park is a short drive away for time outdoors. Fort Tombecbe, a historic fort, is a longer drive.
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- 3,348households
- 27%of adults have a degree
- 26%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Marengo County had 7,243 jobs in 2025, 0.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 57° and lows near 34°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 71°. About 56 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Demopolis L&d weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Demopolis
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters269
- Demopolis City SchoolsSchool district234FTE
- Crowne Health CareNursing homes92
- Fortrex - 0606 Foster Farms - DemopolisJanitorial services54
- Alabama Power CompanyElectric power distribution29
- Southfresh AquacultureAnimal feeds merchant wholesalers27
- CnrgHardware stores21
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 492 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
- Strong windVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- LightningVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Demopolis’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Marengo County.
Demopolis home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Demopolis$152,497
- 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.
- Demopolis15
Zip codes with a Demopolis address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Demopolis — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.