The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 35960 sells for about $249,900, or $138 per square foot.
Prices are up +4.1% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 68 days to sell, which is slow. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $748 a month.
ZIP 35960 — Centre
The 35960 housing market in Centre, Alabama, remains stable with modest year-over-year price growth. Inventory levels are sufficient for the current sales pace, reflecting a balanced market environment for local buyers and sellers.
Median prices moved up 4.1% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 68 days on market with 6.2 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
13% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 97.2% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.6% · poverty 14.1% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Researched annual trajectory for this ZIP, from published historical series
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 7.1%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
Median annual property tax paid on this ZIP's residential parcels
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 6.3%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 35960, Cherokee County AL
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Alabama) — Standard State Ad Valorem Homestead Exemption: Exempts up to $4,000 in assessed valuation from the 6.5 mill state ad valorem tax levy (providing a maximum direct state tax reduction of $26.00). Formula: Adjusted State Tax = Max(0, (Assessed Value - $4,000)) × 0.0065. State (Alabama) — Statewide Ad Valorem Property Tax and Class III Residential Assessment Ratio: Establishes a baseline 6.5 statewide millage rate ($0.0065 per dollar of assessed value) under Ala. Code § 40-8-1 and the Alabama Constitution.
Data retrieved from data.census.gov ZCTA 35960 profile.
Public schools whose reported address is in this area (NCES). Not attendance boundaries — schools that serve residents may sit outside it. Check the district's address locator for assignment.
- Pirates Bay Waterpark Leesburg4.510.2 mi
- Indian Mountain ATV Park4.710.2 mi
- Indian Mountain ATV Park4.710.2 mi
- 411 Twin Drive In4.710.9 mi
- Rolater Park4.812.9 mi
- Brushy Branch Park4.49.9 mi
- Cornwall Furnace Memorial Park4.79.1 mi
- Little River Falls Observation Deck4.919.5 mi
- Cornwall Furnace Memorial Park4.79.1 mi
- Indian Mountain ATV Park4.710.2 mi
- Rolater Park4.812.9 mi
- Brushy Branch Park4.49.9 mi
- Weiss Boat Ramp4.56.8 mi
- Cornwall Furnace Memorial Park4.79.1 mi
- Little River Landing4.69.4 mi
- Ingles Markets4.48.5 mi
- DG Market4.212.3 mi
- DG Market4.213 mi
- Gadsden Regional Medical Center Heliport3.924.3 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Major regional reservoir known for fishing and boating.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.