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August 28, 2026· Updated November 4, 2026
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Pell City, AL Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

What homes actually sell for in Pell City: a median closing price of $308,250 across 240 closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, plus the full price spread.

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Pell City, AL Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

If you invest in or around Pell City, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Pell City 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: 240
  • •Median sold price, last 12 months: $308,250
  • •Median sold $/sqft, last 12 months: $161
  • •Middle half of sales closed between: $215,000 and $474,900

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 240 closed sales in Pell City over the last 12 months, with a median closing price of $308,250. 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 $215,000 and $474,900. 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. 93% of the Pell City 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 237 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $129 and $199 per square foot.

Figures last updated November 4, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Pell City, AL (October 2026)

The median home price in Pell City is $308,250, measured across the 240 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last 12 months. The middle half of those sales closed between $215,000 and $474,900.

Where Pell City sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Pell City
Closed sale prices over the last 12 months. Middle half of sales: $215k to $475k
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$72k to $231k: 58 sales$72k$231k to $389k: 85 sales85sales$389k to $548k: 38 sales$389k$548k to $706k: 24 sales$706k to $865k: 8 sales$706kMedian $308k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Pell City 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 $215,000 and $474,900. Among the 42 Alabama markets with a published band, Pell City's middle-half spread ($215,000 to $474,900) ranks 30th 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 86th percentile of the 2,291 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of November 3, 2026.

Median sold price per square foot
Pell City monthly medians for the complete months inside the last 12 months, Dec 2025 to Sep 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 10 months plotted.
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Dec 2025: $160 per square foot across 21 sales$160Jan 2026: $150 per square foot across 25 sales$150JanFeb 2026: $156 per square foot across 16 sales$156Mar 2026: $152 per square foot across 28 sales$152MarApr 2026: $159 per square foot across 19 sales$159May 2026: $163 per square foot across 27 sales$163MayJun 2026: $195 per square foot across 22 sales$195Jul 2026: $168 per square foot across 22 sales$168JulAug 2026: $162 per square foot across 17 sales$162Sep 2026: $185 per square foot across 13 sales$185Sep

How long a sale takes here

  • •Listed to under contract: a median of 66 days, across 80 Pell City closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
  • •Contract to closing: a median of 22 days, across 47 Pell City closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 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 240 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Pell City angle

Pell City posted 240 tracked closings over the last 12 months, a median closed sale price of $308,250, and a middle half from $215,000 to $474,900. That spread is wider than most markets we track, which usually points to variety in the housing stock rather than to a market moving quickly, and it means the median answers a question about the town instead of one about your address. More of the middle half sits above the median than below it, so upside cases separate from the middle faster than downside cases do.

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.

Run any Pell City 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: Pell City, AL
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 0158896
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last 12 months
Tracked closings: 240
Median sold price: $308,250
Median sold $/sqft: $161 (237 qualifying)
Property mix: 93% 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 Pell City over the last 12 months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Pell City 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 20% of the 240 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $328,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Pell City?

The median sold price in Pell City over the last 12 months is $308,250, measured across 240 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Pell City last month?

Resideline has tracked 8 closed sales in Pell City in October 2026 so far, out of 240 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 Pell City?

The middle half of Pell City sales over the last 12 months closed between $215,000 and $474,900, with a median of $308,250.

What is the typical price per square foot in Pell City?

Among qualifying Pell City closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, the median sold price per square foot was $161, measured across 237 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Why is the price range in Pell City so broad?

A wide middle half usually reflects variety in the housing stock rather than volatility in prices. When one market contains small older houses alongside large newer ones, the quartiles pull apart even in a calm period. The practical consequence is that the median describes the mixture and not your subject, so the attributes that place a property inside that mixture are what your comparable selection has to control. Sample volume close to typical for the markets we track gives you an ordinary base to work that question from.

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Statewide picture: Alabama Housing Market 2026: Prices, Sales & Trends

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