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August 4, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
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Cullman, AL Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Cullman: a median closing price of $259,896 across 218 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Cullman, AL Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Cullman, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Cullman sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of September 2026.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 218
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $259,896
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $158
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $218,600 and $349,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 218 closed sales in Cullman over the last six months, with a median closing price of $259,896. 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 $218,600 and $349,000. 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 Cullman 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 216 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $134 and $174 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Cullman, AL (September 2026)

The median home price in Cullman is $259,896, measured across the 218 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $218,600 and $349,000.

Where Cullman sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Cullman
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $219k to $349k
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$152k to $231k: 69 sales69sales$152k$231k to $309k: 67 sales$309k to $388k: 29 sales$309k$388k to $466k: 17 sales$466k to $545k: 10 sales$466kMedian $260k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Cullman over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $218,600 and $349,000. Among the 41 Alabama markets with a published band, Cullman's middle-half spread ($218,600 to $349,000) ranks 11th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 39th percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.

Median sold price per square foot
Cullman monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, Apr 2026 to Aug 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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Apr 2026: $158 per square foot across 37 sales$158AprMay 2026: $155 per square foot across 41 sales$155MayJun 2026: $154 per square foot across 32 sales$154JunJul 2026: $160 per square foot across 38 sales$160JulAug 2026: $170 per square foot across 28 sales$170Aug

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 68 days, across 115 Cullman closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 21 days, across 109 Cullman closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 218 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Cullman angle

Cullman's quartile band is close to typical for the markets we track, but it is not symmetric: the climb from the median to the upper quartile is considerably longer than the drop to the lower one. Across 218 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $259,896, and the middle half of sales closed between $218,600 and $349,000. That shape means an above average subject priced from the citywide median will usually come out low, and the fix is comps drawn from the upper half rather than an arbitrary uplift.

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. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Cullman address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Cullman, AL
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 0118976
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 218
Median sold price: $259,896
Median sold $/sqft: $158 (216 qualifying)
Property mix: 97% houses
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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 Cullman over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Cullman?

The median sold price in Cullman over the last 6 months is $259,896, measured across 218 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Cullman last month?

Resideline tracked 32 closed sales in Cullman in August 2026, out of 218 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 Cullman?

The middle half of Cullman sales over the last six months closed between $218,600 and $349,000, with a median of $259,896.

What is the typical price per square foot in Cullman?

Among qualifying Cullman closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $158, measured across 216 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Is Cullman's closed sale band symmetric around the median?

No. Across 218 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $259,896 and the middle half closed between $218,600 and $349,000, with considerably more distance from the median up to the upper quartile than down to the lower one. An above average subject priced off the median alone will usually come out low.

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