Housing in Five Points West at a glance
- Population
- about 21,149
- Housing units
- about 9,525
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $97,000Birmingham: $158,800 (-39%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,060 a monthBirmingham: $1,107 (-5%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 63%Birmingham: 45.5%
- Homes built before 1980
- 86.5%
- Median year built
- 1954
Ownership is the story in Five Points West: 63% of households own their home, the highest share in the Birmingham ranking and well above the 45.5% across the city. Southside shows just 21.8%, West End 40.3% and Ensley 52.5%, so the neighbouring sectors cover a very wide range. Owners value their homes at $97,000, a level 39% below Birmingham's $158,800, though Ensley is lower at $76,000 and Southside far higher at $286,000. Older stock prevails, with 86.5% of homes built earlier than 1980, second-highest of ten, and 1954 at the midpoint. Rent comes to $1,060, a shade beneath $1,107. The sector lies west of the centre and has 21,149 residents spread over 9,525 homes, the largest population among the neighbours named here. Its 4,672 owning households far exceed the 2,743 renting ones, a gap that shapes the whole profile of the area. Rent in Southside is higher, $1,200, whereas West End's is lower, $950, which puts Five Points West between them.
Questions about Five Points West
What is the median home value in Five Points West, Birmingham?
$97,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $158,800 for Birmingham as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Five Points West?
$1,060 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,107 in Birmingham (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Five Points West own or rent?
Most own: 63% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 45.5% in Birmingham (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 5 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Five Points West is one of the 10 most populous of 23 communities of Birmingham: estimated population about 21,149 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Birmingham GIS, Communities (Birmingham_VertiGIS_Primary_Layers, layer 26), consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Birmingham as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Five Points West
The closest sectors of Birmingham, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of Birmingham
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Five Points West. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Five Points West? Ask for your spot.