Chelsea, AL Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Chelsea: a median closing price of $380,000 across 230 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Chelsea, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Chelsea sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of August 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 230
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $380,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $173
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $330,000 and $434,900
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 230 closed sales in Chelsea over the last six months, with a median closing price of $380,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $330,000 and $434,900. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 97% of the Chelsea closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 226 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $153 and $192 per square foot.
Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Chelsea, AL (August 2026)
The median home price in Chelsea is $380,000, measured across the 230 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $330,000 and $434,900.
Where Chelsea sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Chelsea over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $330,000 and $434,900. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 48 days, across 123 Chelsea closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 37 days, across 100 Chelsea closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Chelsea angle
In Chelsea, the gap between $330,000 and $434,900 is narrower than in most markets we track, and a narrow gap is worth something concrete: the citywide $380,000 carries more information about any single address than it would in a market with a wide spread. Use that as leverage, not as a shortcut. With 230 closings tracked you have room to screen on property type and size, and a matched set will still do better than the midpoint. The value of the narrow band is that when your comps and $380,000 disagree sharply, that disagreement is a signal to re-examine the comps rather than a normal feature of the market. The band is not symmetric.
From market read to offer price
A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 11,465+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Chelsea address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Chelsea, AL
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 230
Median sold price: $380,000
Median sold $/sqft: $173 (226 qualifying)
Property mix: 97% houses
https://resideline.com/blog/chelsea-al-housing-market
The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Chelsea over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Chelsea?
The median sold price in Chelsea over the last 6 months is $380,000, measured across 230 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Chelsea last month?
Resideline tracked 37 closed sales in Chelsea in July 2026, out of 230 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Chelsea?
The middle half of Chelsea sales over the last six months closed between $330,000 and $434,900, with a median of $380,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Chelsea?
Among qualifying Chelsea closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $173, measured across 226 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
How should I sanity-check an automated estimate for a Chelsea, AL property?
Compare it against the band. Because $330,000 and $434,900 sit closer together here than in most markets we track, an estimate that lands well outside that range needs a specific justification from the property itself, not from the market. Then check where your comps fall: the span from $380,000 to $434,900 is longer than the span below $380,000, so high-side comp sets can pull a figure further. If the estimate and a closely matched comp set disagree, re-examine the comp selection before accepting either.
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