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Dunavant, Alabama.

. Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro.

What it costs per month · Dunavant $1,252/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$642 (+105%) since Jan 2020.

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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Alabama $1,252 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Alabama$1,252
  • United States$1,922

Living in Dunavant, Shelby County, Alabama

The Census does not count Dunavant on its own, so the figures here are Shelby County's. Half the county's households earn more than $97,961 a year and half less; 7% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 81% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 19% are rented. Unemployment in Shelby County was 2.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Shelby County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 230,000 about, in Shelby County: the Census does not count Dunavant on its own
Household income $97,961 the median in Shelby County, give or take $3,160
Unemployment 2.8% Shelby County, August 2026; 2.3% a year before
Homes 81% lived in by their owners; 19% rented

Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Dunavant is a small town in Shelby County, Alabama, where most homes are lived in by their owners, as is true across the county. The typical resident is middle-aged, and relatively few households live below the poverty line. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are hot, with July the warmest. The year brings a good deal of rain and melted snow.

Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in professional and business services. Shops, and banks, insurance and property firms, also employ local people. Unemployment in the county is low compared with a year earlier, though the number of jobs dipped slightly over the past year. Many adults hold a degree, and a fair number of residents work from home.

Things to do. Oak Mountain State Park is a protected area a short drive away, good for walks and time outdoors. Barber Motorsports Park, a race track, is a longer drive away. The Birmingham Museum of Art, a museum, is also a longer drive away.

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  • 86,866households
  • 40.3median age
  • 47%of adults have a degree
  • 7%below the poverty line
  • 30 mintypical commute
  • 17%work from home

What people in Shelby County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Banks, insurance and property11%
  • Manufacturing8%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Shelby County had 84,778 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 56° and 36°; warmest in July, 91° and 72° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 56° 36° F M A M J J 91° 72° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 56° and 36°; warmest in July, 91° and 72° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 56° 36° F M A M J J 91° 72° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 56° and lows near 36°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 72°. About 56 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Alabaster Shelby County Airport weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Shelby County

  1. Shelby County SchoolsSchool district2,563FTE
  2. Vulcan Industrial ContractorsBoiler and pipe insulation installation940
  3. Alabama Power CompanyElectric power distribution816
  4. Alabaster City SchoolsSchool district799FTE
  5. University of MontevalloUniversity or college608
  6. Process EquipmentCommercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services566
  7. J&M Tank LinesGeneral freight trucking553
  8. Shelby Baptist Medical CenterGeneral hospital530FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 166 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 19,071 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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

  1. TornadoesRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. LandslidesRelatively moderate
  4. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  5. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  6. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Shelby County, 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 Shelby County and the Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro.

Dunavant home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Dunavant address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Dunavant — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.