Waldo, Alabama

Population

Growing. Up 2.4% since 2020.

257

people, the 389th-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

Rent

Median rent is down 3% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$825

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

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019 (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 $343.

A $343 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Talladega County.

• $808 Tract 101.02
• $1,151 Tract 101.01

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

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 82% 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

Home value

A median home costs 71% less than Alabama's.

$61,700

median home value in Waldo.

• $61,700 Waldo
• $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