Headland, Alabama.
Typical home $229,420 (+0.1% in a year). Dothan, AL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$569 (+89%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $244 +0%
- $229,177$229,420 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $35,445 +18%
- $193,976$229,420 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.
- Headland$1,204
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 21 years.
Typical home values in Headland, AL rose 0.1% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Headland, Henry County, Alabama
Headland is a city of 4,973 people in Henry County. Half its households earn more than $79,063 a year and half less, against $59,931 across Henry County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 79% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 21% are rented. Unemployment in Henry County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 4.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Headland is a small city in Henry County, Alabama, where most homes are lived in by their owners and incomes run well above the county's. Fewer people live below the poverty line than you might expect, and the population skews younger than in many small Southern towns. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot and wet, with plenty of rain across the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, manufacturing and government. Among the larger workplaces in Headland are Alabama Power Company, Golden Peanut Company and Pruitt Communications. Jobs across Henry County have dipped over the past year, and most people have a fairly short commute, with few working from home.
Things to do. Dothan, a short drive away, has the Wiregrass Museum of Art and the Dothan Opera House, a theatre. For time outdoors, George T. Bagby State Park is a protected area that is a longer drive away. The Choctawhatchee River is also a longer drive away and suits anyone who likes to be near the water.
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- 1,907households
- 34%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Henry County had 3,747 jobs in 2025, 4.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 60° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 72°. About 57 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Headland weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Headland
- Donald Smith CompanyWater well drilling, digging, boring or sinking61
- Pruitt CommunicationsAlarm system, electric, installation only42
- Alabama Power CompanyElectric power distribution36
- Golden Peanut Company26
- HeadlandMail and parcel delivery20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 185 people in all. 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
- TornadoesVery high
- LightningVery high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively 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 Headland’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 Henry County and the Dothan, AL metro.
Headland home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Headland$229,420
- Alabama$238,614
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Headland 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.
- Headland25.32%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Headland46
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Headland11
Zip codes with a Headland address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Headland — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.