Housing in Southside at a glance
- Population
- about 18,056
- Housing units
- about 11,496
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $286,000Birmingham: $158,800 (+80%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,200 a monthBirmingham: $1,107 (+8%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 21.8%Birmingham: 45.5%
- Homes built before 1980
- 55%
- Median year built
- 1976
Southside is a renters' sector. Only 21.8% of households own, the lowest share in Birmingham and far under the 45.5% citywide, while renting households reach 7,529 against 2,105 owning. Values are high regardless, since owners estimate $286,000, 80% above $158,800, third in the ranking and wedged between Red Mountain's $440,000 and Northside's $192,000. Rent follows suit at $1,200, 8% higher than the Birmingham median. Located near the centre of the city, the sector has newer housing, with 55% of homes pre-1980 and 1976 as the middle build year, against 1956 in West End. Red Mountain's rent is $1,230, above Southside's, and Northside's is $880, far below it, so rent here sits between the two. The pairing of high values with a renter-heavy base is what defines this sector. Northside owners reach 39.1% and West End owners 40.3%, both higher than Southside's rate, so renting dominates here more than anywhere else in Birmingham's ranking.
Questions about Southside
What is the median home value in Southside, Birmingham?
$286,000 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 Southside?
$1,200 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 Southside own or rent?
Most rent: 21.8% 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 6 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.
Southside is one of the 10 most populous of 23 communities of Birmingham: estimated population about 18,056 (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 Southside
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 Southside. 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 Southside? Ask for your spot.