Jemison, Alabama.
Typical home $225,635 (+6.2% in a year), asking rent $1,670 . Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$646 (+120%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,079 +6%
- $212,556$225,635 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $41,615 +23%
- $184,020$225,635 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.
- Jemison$1,184
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.
Typical home values in Jemison, AL rose 6.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Jemison, Chilton County, Alabama
Jemison is a city of 2,642 people in Chilton County. 80% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 20% are rented. Unemployment in Chilton County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 3.1% more 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Jemison is a small Alabama city with a young population for a town its size, and most of its homes are lived in by their owners. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and a small share of residents live below the poverty line. Winters are mild and short, with the coldest weather in January, while summers are hot, and the year brings a good deal of rain.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing and in the building trades. Across Chilton County, the largest workplaces include Chilton County Schools, Adient and Kumi Manufacturing Alabama. Many people travel a fair way to their jobs, and few work from home.
Things to do. The Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum is a short drive away. Farther afield, Lay Lake is a reservoir for time on the water, and Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area for walking and watching wildlife. Oak Mountain State Park, another protected area, is a longer drive away as well.
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- 1,014households
- 13%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 29 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Chilton County had 9,431 jobs in 2025, 3.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 55° and lows near 33°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 69°. About 56 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Thorsby Experiment Station weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Chilton County
- Chilton County SchoolsSchool district782FTE
- AdientAutomobile seat frames, metal, manufacturing690
- Kumi Manufacturing AlabamaMotor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing346
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters320
- Foodservice Alabama300
- Boise Cascade CoEngineered wood member except truss manufacturing235
- St. Vincent's Chilton CountyHealthcare191
- West Fraser - MaplesvilleSawmills139
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 25 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,104 people in all across the county; Jemison has one of its own. 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
- TornadoesVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Jemison’s census tracts, 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 Chilton County and the Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro.
Jemison home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Jemison$225,635
- Alabama$238,614
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Jemison 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.
- Jemison28.84%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Jemison32
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Jemison8
Zip codes with a Jemison address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Jemison — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.