Ozark, Alabama.
Typical home $147,561 (+2.6% in a year), asking rent $1,275 . Ozark, AL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$403 (+108%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,771 +3%
- $143,789$147,561 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $28,219 +24%
- $119,342$147,561 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.
- Ozark$775
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in Ozark, AL rose 2.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Ozark, Dale County, Alabama
Ozark is a city of 14,368 people in Dale County. Half its households earn more than $48,944 a year and half less, against $54,963 across Dale County; 28% of its people live below the poverty line. 65% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 35% are rented. Unemployment in Dale County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Ozark is a small city in Dale County where most homes are lived in by their owners, and residents tend to be older than in many American towns. Incomes run below the county's, and a larger share of people live below the poverty line than is typical, so the town is a modest one in its finances. Winters are mild, with cool days and nights that stay above the hardest frosts, while summers are hot and the year brings plenty of rain.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, manufacturing, and restaurants and hotels also employing a good share. Among the largest workplaces in Ozark are Walmart, Dale Medical Center and Ozark City Schools. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many places, and most people travel to work rather than working from home. Across Dale County, unemployment is higher than a year ago and there are somewhat fewer jobs than there were.
Things to do. The Choctawhatchee River is a short drive away for time on the water, and the United States Army Aviation Museum is also close by. A longer drive brings you to Blue Springs State Park, a protected area for walking and being outdoors. The Wiregrass Museum of Art is another longer drive for a quieter afternoon indoors.
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- 5,790households
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 28%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dale County had 18,014 jobs in 2025, 1.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 40°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 73°. About 54 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Dothan Regional Airport weather station, 15 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Ozark
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters303
- Dale Medical CenterGeneral hospital272FTE
- Ozark City SchoolsSchool district199FTE
- Ozark Health and RehabilitationSkilled nursing facility178
- Pea River Electric CooperativeElectric power generation, hydroelectric82
- Ecore InternationalFloor coverings, rubber, manufacturing77
- OzarkMail and parcel delivery32
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 672 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts 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
- TornadoesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Ozark’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Dale County and the Ozark, AL metro.
Ozark home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Ozark$147,561
- Alabama$238,614
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Ozark 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.
- Ozark23.49%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Ozark102
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Ozark24
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Ozark$173,895
- United States$371,553
Zip codes with a Ozark address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Ozark — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.