Wing, Alabama.
Typical home $138,253 (+2.9% in a year). Atmore, AL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$347 (+92%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,866 +3%
- $134,386$138,253 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $2,639 +2%
- $135,614$138,253 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.
- Wing$726
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Wing, AL rose 2.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Wing, Escambia County, Alabama
The Census does not count Wing on its own, so the figures here are Escambia County's. Half the county's households earn more than $48,225 a year and half less; 20% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 71% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 29% are rented. Unemployment in Escambia County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Escambia County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Wing sits in Escambia County in southern Alabama, where summers are hot and winters are cool. Rain falls through much of the year, so the land is often green and damp. Across Escambia County, residents tend to be older than the typical American, and more of them live in homes they own than in rented ones.
Work. Many residents work in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and care services, in shops, or in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Unemployment has risen over the past year, though the number of jobs across the county grew slightly in the most recent year. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across the country, most people travel only a short way to work, and few work from home.
Things to do. Conecuh National Forest, a protected area, is a short drive away and makes a good first outing. Blackwater River State Park, also a protected area, lies a longer drive away. Three Notch Museum, a museum, is also a longer drive away and offers a look at local history.
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- 12,808households
- 40.6median age
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 20%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 3%work from home
What people in Escambia County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Escambia County had 12,951 jobs in 2025, 0.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 63° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 71°. About 64 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Crestview Bob Sikes Airport weather station, 21 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Escambia County
- Escambia County SchoolsSchool district489FTE
- Brewton Bleach Board458
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters267
- Alto ProductsAutomatic transmissions, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing209
- T R Miller Mill CompanyDimension lumber, hardwood, made from logs or bolts200
- D W Mcmillan Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital187FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters178
- Brewton City SchoolsSchool district146FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 23 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,497 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
- HurricanesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Escambia 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 Escambia County and the Atmore, AL metro.
Wing home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Wing$138,253
- 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.
Zip codes with a Wing address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Wing — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.