Ramer, Alabama.
Typical home $189,120 (+7.5% in a year). Montgomery, AL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$442 (+80%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,259 +8%
- $175,861$189,120 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $20,401 +12%
- $168,718$189,120 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.
- Ramer$993
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 30 years.
Typical home values in Ramer, AL rose 7.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Ramer, Montgomery County, Alabama
The Census does not count Ramer on its own, so the figures here are Montgomery County's. Half the county's households earn more than $59,386 a year and half less; 20% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 58% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 42% are rented. Unemployment in Montgomery County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Montgomery County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Ramer is a small town in Montgomery County, Alabama, and the county's figures are the ones that describe daily life here. Most homes across the county are lived in by their owners, and renters are more common than in many parts of the state. Many residents have not gone on to a four-year degree, and the typical person is in middle age. Poverty reaches a noticeable share of households, and the county's incomes sit below the national norm.
Work. Across Montgomery County, many people work in schools, hospitals and social care, and manufacturing and retail also employ a good number of residents. Professional and business services are a part of the local economy too. Unemployment has risen compared with a year ago, and the county has somewhat fewer jobs than it did before. Few people work from home, so most daytime work happens away from the house.
Things to do. The Coosa River is a river a longer drive away, one of the best known in the area for people who like being on the water. The National Memorial to Peace and Justice is a museum a longer drive away, and it is among the most widely visited places connected to the region's history. The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, also a museum a longer drive away, offers a quieter visit for those who enjoy art.
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- 91,381households
- 37.1median age
- 34%of adults have a degree
- 20%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What people in Montgomery County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Montgomery County had 132,159 jobs in 2025, 0.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 60° and lows near 40°; warmest in July, with highs near 94° and lows near 75°. About 52 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Montgomery 6SW weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Montgomery County
- Hyundai Motor Manufacturing AlabamaAssembly plants, passenger car, on chassis of own manufacture4,418
- Montgomery County SchoolsSchool district2,685FTE
- Baptist Medical Center SouthGeneral hospital1,969FTE
- Jackson Hospital and ClinicGeneral hospital1,533FTE
- Koch Foods of AL DebonePoultry manufacturing1,164
- UPSCouriers and express delivery services1,091
- Baptist Medical Center EastGeneral hospital993FTE
- Mobis AlabamaArmor plate made in iron and steel mills940
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 221 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 35,396 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- LightningVery high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Montgomery County, 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 Montgomery County and the Montgomery, AL metro.
Ramer home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Ramer$189,120
- Alabama$238,614
- United States$366,157
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Ramer5
Zip codes with a Ramer address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Ramer — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.