Pine Ridge, Alabama
2026 Edition · 9 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 3.8% since 2020.
270
people, the 383rd-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 up 62% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$852
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
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $575 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in DeKalb County.
- $436 Tract 9604.01
- $1,011 Tract 9602
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.
$792–$1,188
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $852 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2018 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 88% 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 29% less than Alabama's.
$150,000
median home value in Pine Ridge.
- $150,000 Pine Ridge
- $209,900 Alabama
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year