What is the median rent in Berry, AL?

Name: Median rent in Berry, AL, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Berry, AL is $475 (±$54) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 139 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Berry, the median gross rent went from $271 in 2015–2019 to $475 in 2020–2024 (+75.3%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $475 (±$54)
Rented homes: 139 (±101)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%
Since 2015–2019: +75.3%

How much rent costs in Berry

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Berry	Fayette County	Alabama	United States
Less than $500	71.2% (±27.2 points)	27.1%	10.0%	6.3%
$500 to $999	26.6% (±26.4 points)	60.2%	39.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	2.2% (±4.6 points)	12.4%	34.1%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±24.6 points)	0.3%	11.5%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±24.6 points)	0.0%	3.4%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±24.6 points)	0.0%	0.7%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±24.6 points)	0.0%	0.9%	6.8%

The most common range is Less than $500, paid by 71.2% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Berry cost $2,000 or more a month.

Berry against Fayette County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Berry	Fayette County	Alabama	United States
Median gross rent	$475 (±$54)	$667 (±$88)	$1,007 (±$8)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	139 (±101)	1,134 (±223)	535,330 (±6,270)	42,849,984

In Berry, median gross rent is lower than in Fayette County ($667).

It is also lower than in Alabama ($1,007).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Statewide, it ranks 396 of 424.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Berry has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$271 (±$97)	$475 (±$54)	+75.3%	Up after inflation
Households that rent	26.2% (±7.6 points)	40.1% (±17.6 points)	+13.9 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±22.2 points)	10.2% (±10.0 points)	+10.2 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Berry

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Berry
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Berry	—	$475 (±$54)	—
Fayette	13 mi	$640 (±$121)	Higher
Oakman	13 mi	$283 (±$239)	Not measurably different
Carbon Hill	17 mi	$557 (±$324)	Not measurably different
Kansas	17 mi	$771 (±$128)	Higher
Parrish	19 mi	$1,005 (±$446)	Higher
Winfield	21 mi	$718 (±$116)	Higher
Kennedy	22 mi	$725 (±$238)	Higher
Nauvoo	23 mi	$842 (±$164)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Fayette, AL ($640), Kansas, AL ($771), Parrish, AL ($1,005).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Berry

What is the average rent in Berry, AL?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Berry is $475 (±$54) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Berry?

In Berry, the median gross rent went from $271 in 2015–2019 to $475 in 2020–2024 (+75.3%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

How many rentals in Berry cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Berry have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 71.2% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Berry higher than in Fayette County?

In Berry, median gross rent is lower than in Fayette County ($667).

It is also lower than in Alabama ($1,007).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Berry town, Alabama (place:05932, in state:01).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.