Eclectic, Alabama.
Typical home $362,728 (+5.6% in a year). Montgomery, AL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,028 (+117%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $19,207 +6%
- $343,521$362,728 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $69,571 +24%
- $293,157$362,728 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.
- Eclectic$1,904
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in Eclectic, AL rose 5.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Eclectic, Elmore County, Alabama
Eclectic is a town of 1,193 people in Elmore County. Unemployment in Elmore County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 2.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Elmore County 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Eclectic is a small town in Elmore County, and its size shows in how people live: a close community where neighbors tend to know one another. Homes here are valued well below what the county's incomes might suggest is out of reach, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than you might find in bigger cities nearby. Winters are mild and short, with little or no snow, while summers turn hot and the year brings plenty of rain.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, manufacturing, shops and government. Across Elmore County, the largest workplaces include Elmore County Schools, GKN Aerospace and Madix Inc - Eclectic. The commute is a fairly long one for many people, and only a small number work from home.
Things to do. For time on the water, the Coosa River, the Tallapoosa River and Lake Martin are each a longer drive away. History is well represented too: Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, an archaeological site, is also a longer drive. The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, a museum, is a longer drive as well.
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- 22%of adults have a degree
- 32 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What people in Elmore County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Elmore County had 22,162 jobs in 2025, 2.9% more 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 90° and lows near 70°. About 54 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Milstead weather station, 16 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Elmore County
- Elmore County SchoolsSchool district1,222FTE
- GKN AerospaceAirframe assemblies manufacturing547
- Madix Inc - EclecticStore display fixtures manufacturing535
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters396
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters332
- Tallassee City SchoolsSchool district182FTE
- J F Ingram State Technical CollegeCareer school180
- Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores169
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 42 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,360 people in all across the county; Eclectic has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (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
- LightningRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Eclectic’s 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 Elmore County and the Montgomery, AL metro.
Eclectic home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Eclectic$362,728
- Alabama$238,614
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Eclectic listings — the market is cooling.
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.
- Eclectic21.00%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Eclectic45
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Eclectic11
Zip codes with a Eclectic address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Eclectic — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.