Valley, Alabama.
Typical home $177,373 (+4.2% in a year). LaGrange, GA-AL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$491 (+112%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,119 +4%
- $170,254$177,373 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $27,270 +18%
- $150,103$177,373 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.
- Valley$931
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 21 years.
Typical home values in Valley, AL rose 4.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Valley, Chambers County, Alabama
Valley is a city of 10,529 people in Chambers County. Half its households earn more than $51,661 a year and half less, against $49,656 across Chambers County; 15% of its people live below the poverty line. 68% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 32% are rented. Unemployment in Chambers County was 2.8% in August 2026, and the county had 3.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then restaurants and hotels.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Valley is a small city in Chambers County, Alabama, with a younger population than many towns of its size. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run a little above the county's. Winters are mild and brief, with little or no snow, while summers are hot and the year brings plenty of rain.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, in schools, hospitals and social care, and in shops. Walmart and the hospital, EAMC-Lanier, are among the largest workplaces in Valley. A four-year degree is held by fewer adults than is typical across the country, and the drive to work is a moderate one.
Things to do. West Point Lake, a reservoir, is a short drive away and suits time on the water. Farther afield, Callaway Gardens is a botanical garden, and Jordan–Hare Stadium is a longer drive away for those who want a college game day. Each of these is a longer trip than the lake.
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- 3,954households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 15%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 4%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Chambers County had 9,358 jobs in 2025, 3.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 56° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 69°. About 53 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the West Pt weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Valley
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters274
- Eamc-lanierGeneral hospital172FTE
- ValleyMail and parcel delivery25
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 299 people in all. Hospitals come 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
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Valley’s census tracts, 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 Chambers County and the LaGrange, GA-AL metro.
Valley home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Valley$177,373
- Alabama$238,614
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Valley 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.
- Valley29.95%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Valley72
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Valley15
Zip codes with a Valley address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Valley — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.