Geneva, Alabama.
Typical home $138,351 (-2.4% in a year). Dothan, AL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$306 (+73%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $3,366 -2%
- $141,717$138,351 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $1,258 +1%
- $137,093$138,351 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.
- Geneva$726
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Geneva, AL fell 2.4% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Geneva, Geneva County, Alabama
Geneva is a city of 4,245 people in Geneva County. 75% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 25% are rented. Unemployment in Geneva County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 2.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Geneva 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Geneva is a small city in southern Alabama, and its residents are older than in most of the country. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values are modest. Winters are mild and summers are hot, with plenty of rain through the year and little or no snow.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, manufacturing, and transport and warehousing also employing a good number. Geneva County Schools and Geneva City Schools are among the largest workplaces in town, along with Air Distribution, a maker of metal grills and louvers. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and very few work from home. Incomes across Geneva County are on the low side, and the county has added jobs over the past year.
Things to do. The Choctawhatchee River is a longer drive away and suits anyone who likes time by the water. Ponce de Leon Springs State Park, a protected area, is also a longer drive away. So is the United States Army Aviation Museum, for a day indoors.
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- 1,736households
- 15%of adults have a degree
- 4%work from home
What people in Geneva County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Geneva County had 5,591 jobs in 2025, 2.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 35°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 69°. About 62 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Geneva #2 weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Geneva
- Air DistributionManufacturer aluminumsteel grill and louvers naics: 332323; 332813 sic: 3446; 3471 naicssic description: architectural metalworkanodizing ruskin reliable475
- Geneva County SchoolsSchool district298FTE
- Geneva City SchoolsSchool district136FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1 workplace with 20 or more staff, 475 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
- LightningVery high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Geneva’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 Geneva County and the Dothan, AL metro.
Geneva home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Geneva$138,351
- Alabama$238,614
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Geneva listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Geneva23.21%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Geneva22
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Geneva6
Zip codes with a Geneva address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Geneva — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.