Langston, Alabama
2026 Edition · 9 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 2.6% since 2020.
274
people, the 379th-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
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Rent
Median rent is down 65% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$705
a month. Alabama's median is $1,007.
Census ACS 5-year, 2010-2014 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $629 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Jackson County.
- $532 Tract 9503.02
- $1,161 Tract 9509.01
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.
$583–$875
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $705 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2018 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2010-2014. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
65% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 65% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.
0
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2018 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
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Home value
A median home costs 61% more than Alabama's.
$337,500
median home value in Langston.
- $337,500 Langston
- $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