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Gilbertown, Alabama.

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What it costs per month · Gilbertown $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 Gilbertown, Choctaw County, Alabama

Gilbertown is a town of 739 people in Choctaw County. Half its households earn more than $70,156 a year and half less, against $47,813 across Choctaw County. 84% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 16% are rented. Unemployment in Choctaw County was 5.0% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Choctaw County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 739 in the 2020 census
Household income $70,156 the median, give or take $11,517 · Choctaw County: $47,813
Unemployment 5.0% Choctaw County, August 2026; 4.1% a year before
Homes 84% lived in by their owners; 16% rented

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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Gilbertown is a very small town in Choctaw County, where most homes are lived in by their owners and households earn more than is typical across the county. Few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild and brief, with snow rare, and summers run hot, with plenty of rain through the year.

Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, the building trades and shops also employing many. Across Choctaw County, some of the largest workplaces are Naheola Paper, Choctaw County Schools and Ochsner Choctaw General. Unemployment in the county is a little higher than it was a year ago, though the county has more jobs than the year before.

Things to do. Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area, is a short drive away, as is Turner's Fort, a historic fort site. Bladon Springs State Park, also a protected area, is a longer drive away.

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  • 11%of adults have a degree

What people in Choctaw County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Manufacturing20%
  • Building trades13%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment5%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Choctaw County had 3,364 jobs in 2025, 2.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 59° and 36°; warmest in July, 92° and 71° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 59° 36° F M A M J J 92° 71° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 59° and 36°; warmest in July, 92° and 71° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 59° 36° F M A M J J 92° 71° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 59° and lows near 36°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 71°. About 1 inches of snow and 60 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Waynesboro West weather station, 25 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Choctaw County

  1. Naheola Paper1,000
  2. Choctaw County SchoolsSchool district137FTE
  3. Ochsner Choctaw GeneralCritical access hospital78FTE
  4. Hunt Refining CompanyTanker trucking, local30
  5. Houchens Food GroupSupermarkets and other grocery stores25
  6. Lassiter Lumber CompanyCustom sawmills22

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,164 people in all across the county; Gilbertown has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (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. Inland floodingVery high
  2. TornadoesVery high
  3. HurricanesVery high
  4. LightningVery high
  5. Cold wavesRelatively high
  6. Strong windRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Gilbertown’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 Choctaw County.

Gilbertown 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 Gilbertown address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Gilbertown — 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.