York, Alabama.
Typical home $50,124 (-18.9% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — $125 (-32%) since Dec 2023.
- 1 year
- Down $11,650 -19%
- $61,774$50,124 since Sep 2025
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.
- York$263
- Alabama$1,252
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in York, AL fell 18.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in York, Sumter County, Alabama
York is a city of 2,414 people in Sumter County. Unemployment in Sumter County was 5.5% in August 2026, and the county had 2.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Sumter County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. York is a small city in Sumter County, in west Alabama. Incomes across the county run well below those of the country as a whole, and homes in town cost far less than in most parts of the country. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and winters are mild, with summers that turn hot.
Work. Most people in York work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops, and restaurants and hotels also employing many residents. Across Sumter County, some of the largest workplaces are the University of West Alabama, Prystup Packaging Products-Main and Sumter County Schools. The usual trip to work is fairly short, and few people work from home.
Things to do. Toomsuba Creek and Teoc Creek are both a short drive away, and Alamuchee Creek is close by as well, which makes for quiet time near the water. Tiger Stadium is also a short drive away for those who like a game. A longer drive leads to the Black Warrior River or to Fort Tombecbe, an old fort.
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- 1,022households
- 13%of adults have a degree
- 20 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What people in Sumter County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Sumter County had 2,908 jobs in 2025, 2.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 57° and lows near 34°; warmest in August, with highs near 92° and lows near 70°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Livingston weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Sumter County
- University of West AlabamaUniversity or college677
- Prystup Packaging Products-MainBoxes, folding, made from purchased paperboard161
- Sumter County SchoolsSchool district137FTE
- Sumter Health and RehabilitationSkilled nursing facility113
- Enviva EpesManufacture of wood pellets110
- CWM Emelle106
- University Charter SchoolSchool district71FTE
- AramarkFood service contractors45
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 535 people in all across the county; York has two of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- TornadoesVery high
- LightningVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in York’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 Sumter County.
York home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- York$50,124
- 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.
- York7
Zip codes with a York address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls York — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.