Zip lookup · AL

35043
Chelsea, Alabama.

Chelsea, Shelby County, AL · Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro · population 15,837

What it costs per month · 35043 $2,006/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$997 (+99%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $3,916 +1%
$378,333$382,248 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $52,741 +16%
$329,507$382,248 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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 35043 $2,006 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 35043$2,006
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 23 years.

Typical home values in zip 35043 rose 1.0% over the past year — in step with the nation.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Chelsea, AL — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Asking rent $2,206 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $382,248 as of Sep 2026
+1.0%year on year

Asking rent — 35043

Against the Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro and the national benchmark.

$1,500 $1,750 $2,000 $2,250 2026 35043 $2,206 Birmingham $1,404 United States $1,932
$1,500 $1,750 $2,000 $2,250 2026
  • 35043$2,206
  • Birmingham$1,404
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 35043

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 35043 $382,248 Birmingham $260,710 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 35043$382,248
  • Birmingham$260,710
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 39 zips in range — sorting picks from all 39.

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5.9 35124 Pelham 25,238 $1,808 $350,755
7.7 35051 Columbiana 9,818 — $318,527
7.9 35242 Birmingham 57,374 $1,656 $565,170
9.2 35186 Wilsonville 5,191 — $355,816
10.0 35007 Alabaster 28,586 $1,807 $293,434
10.1 35244 Birmingham 38,217 $1,342 $477,594
10.3 35243 Birmingham 18,176 $1,661 $584,129
10.3 35147 Sterrett 6,897 $1,955 $325,994
10.6 35216 Birmingham 34,327 $1,258 $409,889
12.3 35226 Birmingham 38,588 $1,719 $436,667
12.7 35078 Harpersville 2,170 — $281,178
13.1 35223 Birmingham 10,666 $2,462 $913,628
13.4 35114 Alabaster 7,922 — $344,967
13.8 35209 Birmingham 32,734 $1,385 $536,460
14.4 35213 Birmingham 15,603 $1,639 $881,123
14.7 35040 Calera 19,304 $1,637 $255,655
15.4 35080 Helena 20,251 $1,905 $343,075
15.4 35205 Birmingham 18,858 $1,067 $227,114
15.7 35211 Birmingham 24,924 $1,340 $73,479
15.7 35094 Leeds 14,854 $1,574 $258,369
16.0 35233 Birmingham 3,570 $1,605 $302,968
16.1 35222 Birmingham 8,361 $1,354 $393,070
16.2 35210 Birmingham 13,775 $1,714 $271,991
16.5 35143 Shelby 3,146 — $317,421
16.8 35203 Birmingham 3,506 $1,384 $315,376
16.8 35221 Birmingham 3,119 — $58,262
16.9 35178 Vincent 3,078 — $254,363
17.3 35212 Birmingham 10,160 $1,218 $115,880
17.3 35022 Bessemer 23,126 $2,136 $279,457
17.4 35044 Childersburg 7,837 — $159,387

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.