Sterrett, Alabama.
. Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$642 (+105%) since Jan 2020.
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.
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
Living in Sterrett, Shelby County, Alabama
Sterrett, in Shelby County, had 706 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Shelby County was 2.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Shelby County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Sterrett is a small community in Shelby County, Alabama, with a population that has stayed small. Its residents are older than in most American towns. Winters are mild and brief, with snow a rare event, while summers run hot and the year brings plenty of rain.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in shops, and in banking, insurance and property. Across Shelby County, some of the largest workplaces are Shelby County Schools, Alabama Power Company and the University of Montevallo. The usual trip to work is a fairly long one, and very few people work from home.
Things to do. Several places are a longer drive away. Barber Motorsports Park is a race track, and the Birmingham Museum of Art is a museum in the city. The Cahaba River is another option for time outdoors.
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- 31 mintypical commute
- 2%work from home
What people in Shelby County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Shelby County had 84,778 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 34°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 70°. About 1 inches of snow and 56 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Childersburg Wtp weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Shelby County
- Shelby County SchoolsSchool district2,563FTE
- Vulcan Industrial ContractorsBoiler and pipe insulation installation940
- Alabama Power CompanyElectric power distribution816
- Alabaster City SchoolsSchool district799FTE
- University of MontevalloUniversity or college608
- Process EquipmentCommercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance services566
- J&M Tank LinesGeneral freight trucking553
- Shelby Baptist Medical CenterGeneral hospital530FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 166 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 19,071 people in all across the county; Sterrett has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), colleges from IPEDS (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
- TornadoesRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sterrett’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 Shelby County and the Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro.
Sterrett home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Sterrett11
Zip codes with a Sterrett address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Sterrett — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.