Cedar Bluff, Alabama

Population

Growing. Up 6.3% since 2020.

1,948

people, the 196th-largest of Alabama's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Alabama's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.

94.2%

of 242 jobs located in Cedar Bluff are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 41% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$642

a month. Alabama's median is $1,007.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $561.

A $561 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Cherokee County.

• $703 Tract 9557.01
• $1,264 Tract 9557.02

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$799–$1,198

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $642 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

70% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 22 homes permitted, 2022–2025
• 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 70% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.2–0.3% to the 882 homes here.

2–3

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 2% less than Alabama's.

$204,800

median home value in Cedar Bluff.

• $204,800 Cedar Bluff
• $209,900 Alabama
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year