Zip lookup · AL

35453
Cottondale, Alabama.

Cottondale, Tuscaloosa County, AL · Tuscaloosa, AL metro · population 12,620

What it costs per month · 35453 $1,126/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$489 (+77%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $681 -0%
$215,128$214,447 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $11,866 +6%
$202,582$214,447 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 35453 $1,126 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 35453$1,126
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 61 years.

Typical home values in zip 35453 fell 0.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $214,447 as of Sep 2026
-0.3%year on year

Typical home value — 35453

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 35453 $214,447 Tuscaloosa $238,644 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 35453$214,447
  • Tuscaloosa$238,644
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.9 35404 Tuscaloosa 22,445 $1,323 $183,700
7.8 35456 Duncanville 3,745 — $187,997
9.0 35490 Vance 4,457 — $238,976
9.9 35405 Tuscaloosa 49,420 $1,402 $248,612
12.5 35188 Woodstock 2,678 — $229,496
12.7 35406 Tuscaloosa 18,904 $1,785 $483,661
12.9 35444 Brookwood 4,216 — $209,570
13.3 35401 Tuscaloosa 43,459 $2,141 $192,117
13.4 35476 Northport 8,521 $886 $212,539
13.8 35473 Northport 18,198 $1,716 $279,471
14.7 35184 West Blocton 5,821 — $201,955
18.8 35463 Fosters 1,603 — $228,040
18.9 35474 Moundville 9,654 $1,445 $229,051
19.1 35111 McCalla 20,342 $1,999 $293,933
19.2 35452 Coker 4,195 — $223,372
19.2 35034 Brent 5,368 — $191,030

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