Guntersville, AL Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months
What homes actually sell for in Guntersville: a median closing price of $335,000 across 197 closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, plus the full price spread and a ZIP-level breakdown.
If you invest in or around Guntersville, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Guntersville sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, as of October 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 12 months: 197
- •Median sold price, last 12 months: $335,000
- •Median of MLS-listed sales alone, last 12 months: $392,450
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 12 months: $168
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $210,000 and $545,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 197 closed sales in Guntersville over the last 12 months, with a median closing price of $335,000. 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 $210,000 and $545,000. 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. 95% of the Guntersville 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 197 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $130 and $225 per square foot.
Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Guntersville, AL (October 2026)
The median home price in Guntersville is $335,000, measured across the 197 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last 12 months. The middle half of those sales closed between $210,000 and $545,000.
Where Guntersville sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Guntersville over the last 12 months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $210,000 and $545,000. Among the 41 Alabama markets with a published band, Guntersville's middle-half spread ($210,000 to $545,000) ranks 36th 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 93rd percentile of the 2,230 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of October 3, 2026.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 42 days, across 101 Guntersville closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 27 days, across 88 Guntersville closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
The Guntersville angle
Guntersville's closed-sale picture is unusually stretched: over the last 12 months we tracked 197 closings at a median closed sale price of $335,000, with the middle half of sales running from $210,000 all the way to $545,000. That spread is among the widest we track, and the band reaches much further above the median than below it, so the market's headline number sits nearer its floor than its ceiling. A citywide median this far from the top of its own band is context, not a valuation. Price each Guntersville property from closed sales that resemble it, and expect above-median properties to command numbers that would look surprising if you only knew the midpoint.
Guntersville market data by ZIP code
Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Guntersville ZIP codes: 35976.
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, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR 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.
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Cite this
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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Guntersville, AL
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 0132416
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last 12 months
Tracked closings: 197
Median sold price: $335,000
Median sold $/sqft: $168 (197 qualifying)
Property mix: 95% 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 Guntersville over the last 12 months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Guntersville city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 18% of the 197 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $392,450.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Guntersville?
The median sold price in Guntersville over the last 12 months is $335,000, measured across 197 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Guntersville last month?
Resideline has tracked 16 closed sales in Guntersville in September 2026 so far, out of 197 closings tracked over the last 12 months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Guntersville?
The middle half of Guntersville sales over the last 12 months closed between $210,000 and $545,000, with a median of $335,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Guntersville?
Among qualifying Guntersville closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, the median sold price per square foot was $168, measured across 197 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
Why do Guntersville prices vary so much from the median?
Because the middle half of tracked closings spans one of the widest ranges we see across the markets we track, with the longer stretch sitting above the midpoint. In a market like that the median is a compass heading rather than a destination, and property-level comps are the only way to land on a defensible number.
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