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re: Average Home Values for SEC Towns
Posted on 5/22/26 at 2:17 am to AUTiger789
Posted on 5/22/26 at 2:17 am to AUTiger789
Athens, outside of the college town part, is pretty poor
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Posted on 5/22/26 at 6:29 am to AUTiger789
Posted on 5/22/26 at 7:41 am to AUTiger789
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According to Zillow, here is what the average home is valued at in each of the SEC college towns / cities:
$508,500- Austin, TX
Sometimes I don't feel good about being #1 on this list, but JFC Baton Rouge is poor.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 7:25 pm to AUTiger789
Looks like this instagram real estate content creator stole my topic. Nonetheless, he runs through the numbers in best real estate investments in the SEC. Interesting watch ( there are 2 parts).
Spoiler alert: Oxford and Auburn are your best buys.
LINK
Spoiler alert: Oxford and Auburn are your best buys.
LINK
Posted on 5/26/26 at 8:08 pm to AUTiger789
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$412,900- Auburn, AL
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$228,900- Tuscaloosa, AL
This surprises me
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:34 pm to AUTiger789
Because Tuscaloosa has a diverse range of neighborhoods—including bustling student-housing areas near the University of Alabama and luxury districts—prices vary drastically by location.
Median Prices by Area/Zip Code:
University Area (35401):
$499,900
Northport / Lake Tuscaloosa Area
(35473): $329,900
Central/Eastern Tuscaloosa (35404):
$259,000
Southern Tuscaloosa (35405):
$259,900
This is how Zillow breaks down prices in rhe Tuscaloosa area. I realize there's a difference between home value and average price but how does the average home value in an area where average sales prices across the area range from $499k to a low of roughly $260k add up to an average home value of only $231k?
Median Prices by Area/Zip Code:
University Area (35401):
$499,900
Northport / Lake Tuscaloosa Area
(35473): $329,900
Central/Eastern Tuscaloosa (35404):
$259,000
Southern Tuscaloosa (35405):
$259,900
This is how Zillow breaks down prices in rhe Tuscaloosa area. I realize there's a difference between home value and average price but how does the average home value in an area where average sales prices across the area range from $499k to a low of roughly $260k add up to an average home value of only $231k?
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:40 pm to Govt Tide
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I realize there's a difference between home value and average price
First, just know that I think this thread is pretty meaningless but is it possible that Zillow may be using list price?
Offseason sucks so bad that it actually makes this board suck more than normal.
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:57 pm to AUTiger789
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The prices in Auburn and Oxford have gotten insane considering their small size.
SUPPLY and demand
Posted on 5/26/26 at 10:03 pm to AUTiger789
quote:NORTH Baton Rouge brought the average way down.
$228,400- Baton Rouge, LA
Red Stick certainly aint no quaint little College Town!
Posted on 5/27/26 at 3:31 am to Govt Tide
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This is how Zillow breaks down prices in rhe Tuscaloosa area. I realize there's a difference between home value and average price
Not sure where you’re getting these values. In inner city areas, there are often swaths of run down homes not worth even 100k that sit and decay and never go on the market… so in those areas, average list price of what’s currently on the market is not going to capture those homes.
Reventure, which is powered by Zillow I believe, lists Average values by those zip codes as this:
35401- $178,899
35473- $269,738
35404- $164,368
35405- $245,565
This post was edited on 5/27/26 at 3:39 am
Posted on 5/27/26 at 6:50 am to Rip N Lip
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Auburn is a “family town” now. It used to be a college town.
What is driving Auburn economically in order to achieve all this high end growth.
If it is a "family town"... then there has to be jobs for people.
I get the impression that Oxford is getting a lot of people with a lot of wealth who are setting up there as opposed to any kind of industry or employment.
Is that what is happening in Auburn as well?
Posted on 5/27/26 at 6:58 am to skrayper
Money printer goes bbbrrrrrr and the potus thinks high home prices are great.
Posted on 5/27/26 at 7:15 am to Gunga Din
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What is driving Auburn economically in order to achieve all this high end growth.
It is one of the two towns in Alabama that are growing exponentially and have been for decades.
Huntsville and Auburn.
Both are fantastic places to live.
Posted on 5/27/26 at 7:16 am to Gunga Din
DP
This post was edited on 5/27/26 at 7:17 am
Posted on 5/27/26 at 7:48 am to semjase
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NORTH Baton Rouge brought the average way down
Avg for St. George is $400k
Posted on 5/27/26 at 8:08 am to skrayper
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Seems more of an indicator of how absurd the price of houses has gotten.
fricking this.
Being #1 in average home prices doesn't win us any titles. Isn't that what we really care about here?
Posted on 5/27/26 at 8:11 am to AUTiger789
at spending that kind of money to live in Oxford, MS. 
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