Vance, Alabama.
Typical home $241,893 (+0.9% in a year). Tuscaloosa, AL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$656 (+107%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,259 +1%
- $239,634$241,893 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $38,999 +19%
- $202,894$241,893 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.
- Vance$1,270
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 20 years.
Typical home values in Vance, AL rose 0.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Vance, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Vance is a city of 2,092 people in Tuscaloosa County. Half its households earn more than $94,545 a year and half less, against $66,231 across Tuscaloosa County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 83% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 17% are rented. Unemployment in Tuscaloosa County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Vance is a small city in Tuscaloosa County where most homes are lived in by their owners, and the population is younger than in many American towns. Household incomes run well above the county's, and fewer residents live below the poverty line than you might expect. Winters are mild and rarely bring snow, summers are hot, and rain falls steadily through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, schools, hospitals and social care, shops, and the building trades. Some of the largest workplaces in Vance are ARD Logistics, Truck and Wheel Automotive USA, and Koppers Vance, which stores goods, makes wheels, and treats wood poles. The typical commute is fairly long, and few people work from home.
Things to do. Gallant Lake, a lake, and the Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area, a protected area, are both a short drive away. For a longer outing, Moundville Archaeological Site is an archaeological site, and the Alabama Museum of Natural History is a museum, each a longer drive away. Bryant–Denny Stadium, the best known place on the list, is also a longer drive away.
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- 726households
- 23%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 33 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Tuscaloosa County had 98,620 jobs in 2025, 0.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 56° and lows near 34°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 70°. About 1 inches of snow and 55 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bessemer Wsw weather station, 20 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Vance
- ARD LogisticsGeneral warehousing and storage214
- Truck and Wheel Automotive USAWheels, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing75
- Koppers VancePoles, round wood, cutting and treating39
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 328 people in all. 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
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Vance’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 Tuscaloosa County and the Tuscaloosa, AL metro.
Vance home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Vance$241,893
- Alabama$238,614
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Vance listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Vance23.27%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Vance28
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Vance7
Zip codes with a Vance address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Vance — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.