Housing in Huffman at a glance
- Population
- about 16,072
- Housing units
- about 7,426
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $181,000Birmingham: $158,800 (+14%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,240 a monthBirmingham: $1,107 (+12%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 58.5%Birmingham: 45.5%
- Homes built before 1980
- 69.6%
- Median year built
- 1972
Rent is where Huffman separates itself. Renters pay $1,240, the second-highest figure among Birmingham's ranked sectors and 12% above the city's $1,107, with only Red Mountain's $1,230 nearby and Roebuck-South East Lake's $1,060 well below. Owners are the larger group, holding 58.5% of households, second in the ranking and ahead of Crestline's 48.7%. Home values sit in the middle of the range, at $181,000, a long way from Crestline's $340,000. Newer building shows up too: homes older than 1980 make up 69.6%, only eighth of ten, and the middle home was completed in 1972. The sector occupies the north-east of the city. Its 16,072 residents are spread across 7,426 homes, and 3,610 households own while 2,564 rent. Next door, Roebuck-South East Lake has much older housing, 86.6% from before 1980, so Huffman reads as the younger and higher-rent of the pair. Crestline's rent is $1,090, well below Huffman's.
Questions about Huffman
What is the median home value in Huffman, Birmingham?
$181,000 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 Huffman?
$1,240 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 Huffman own or rent?
Most own: 58.5% 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.
Huffman is one of the 10 most populous of 23 communities of Birmingham: estimated population about 16,072 (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 Huffman
The closest sectors of Birmingham, by distance between population centres.
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Huffman. 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 Huffman? Ask for your spot.