Housing in West End at a glance
- Population
- about 10,844
- Housing units
- about 6,329
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $78,000Birmingham: $158,800 (-51%)
- Median gross rent
- $950 a monthBirmingham: $1,107 (-14%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 40.3%Birmingham: 45.5%
- Homes built before 1980
- 85.8%
- Median year built
- 1956
West End ranks ninth in Birmingham for both value and rent. Owners estimate $78,000 and renters pay $950, which trail Birmingham's $158,800 and $1,107 by 51% and 14%. Southside climbs to $286,000 and Northside to $192,000 next door, while Five Points West, at $97,000, shares the low range. Renters, 2,967 households, outnumber owners, 2,004, so ownership stands at 40.3% against 45.5% in the city. The sector is in the south-west of Birmingham, and its housing is old: 85.8% was built before 1980, third-highest of ten, with 1956 as the midpoint. Five Points West and Southside have rents of $1,060 and $1,200, both above West End's $950, so the sector sits at the bottom of its immediate surroundings on rent as well as on value. Northside's rent of $880 is lower than West End's, even though Northside's homes are valued far higher. Five Points West, by contrast, has owners at 63%.
Questions about West End
What is the median home value in West End, Birmingham?
$78,000 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 West End?
$950 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 West End own or rent?
Most rent: 40.3% 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.
West End is one of the 10 most populous of 23 communities of Birmingham: estimated population about 10,844 (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 West End
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 West End. 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 West End? Ask for your spot.