Housing in Northside at a glance
- Population
- about 8,025
- Housing units
- about 5,248
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $192,000Birmingham: $158,800 (+21%)
- Median gross rent
- $880 a monthBirmingham: $1,107 (-21%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 39.1%Birmingham: 45.5%
- Homes built before 1980
- 81.8%
- Median year built
- 1952
Northside has the lowest rent in Birmingham. Renters pay $880 in monthly rent, 21% below the city's $1,107, while neighbouring Red Mountain asks $1,230 and Southside $1,200. Values go the other way: owners estimate $192,000, which is 21% above Birmingham's $158,800 and fifth in the ranking, far ahead of West End's $78,000. With 2,278 renting households and 1,463 owning, ownership falls to 39.1%, below the 45.5% for the whole city. Northside has older stock, 81.8% of it from before 1980 and the middle home dating from 1952, earlier than Red Mountain's 1962. The sector sits close to the centre of the city. Southside is another neighbour with a very different tenure picture, since its owners are only 21.8%. It is small, with 8,025 residents and 5,248 homes, from 4 census tracts. Red Mountain's homes are valued far above Northside's, and West End's far below, so the sector sits in between.
Questions about Northside
What is the median home value in Northside, Birmingham?
$192,000 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 Northside?
$880 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 Northside own or rent?
Most rent: 39.1% 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 4 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.
Northside is one of the 10 most populous of 23 communities of Birmingham: estimated population about 8,025 (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 Northside
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 Northside. 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 Northside? Ask for your spot.