35058 — Cullman, Alabama

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 35058. Its median home value runs 11% below Cullman as a whole, which is why this ZIP carries a profile of its own.

63out of 100
Area Score
Top 33% of 3,113 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 12 sources
Opportunity1,905th of 3,116 ZIP areas measured49
SchoolsTop 37% of 3,047 ZIP areas measured60
GrowthTop 12% of 3,124 ZIP areas measured72
Housing affordabilityTop 18% of 3,112 ZIP areas measured78
ClimateTop 19% of 3,127 ZIP areas measured78
Physical resilience1,768th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured51
Access2,250th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured83
Economic stability2,086th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured44
The quick read

Unemployment is 3.3% and median household income $62,146, putting employment conditions in the middle range of ZIP areas measured. The unemployment rate is published for Cullman, AL, which contains 35058, rather than for 35058 alone.

In the public schools here, 59% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 18.3 students for every teacher.

Development activity is both elevated and accelerating — 193 housing units permitted over the past twelve months, up 33% on the prior year. The permit count and 1 other measure here are published for Cullman, AL, which contains 35058, rather than for 35058 alone.

These sentences are written by fixed rules from the measurements below — a statement appears because a number crossed a stated threshold, and the values behind it are stored with it. No figure anywhere on this site is invented, estimated or inferred to fill a gap. How this works.

At a glance

Population
11,545
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$62,146
Bottom 34% nationally
Density
153/sq mi
75.2 sq mi of land
Median age
38.2
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Cullman
Alabama
Micro area
Nearest major airport
HSV
28 mi · Huntsville Intl-Carl T Jones Fld
Median home value
$212,300
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Cullman, AL, which contains 35058, is 3.3%, lower than in 86% of the 3,127 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment across Cullman, AL, which contains 35058, fell 1.9% over the past year, to 38,208 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsCullman County, AL’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$62,63839th percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftCullman County, AL’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$55,24619th percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$9,6972024 ACS 5-Year$62,146Bottom 34%of 31,0492024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,8392024 ACS 5-Year$30,047Bottom 27%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year11.5%Bottom 44%of 32,8462024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±2.7 min2024 ACS 5-Year31.3 minBottom 32%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year18.8%Bottom 37%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year82.9%76th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentCullman, AL’s figureJuly 202638,208Bottom 41%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Cullman, AL’s figureJuly 2026−0.7%Bottom 42%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Cullman, AL’s figureJuly 2026−1.9%Bottom 21%of 3,127July 2026
Labor forceCullman, AL’s figureJuly 202639,50640th percentileof 3,127July 2026
Labor force participation ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year76.8%Bottom 45%of 32,8832024 ACS 5-Year
Public transit to work ±0.5%2024 ACS 5-Year0.3%67th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Cullman, AL’s figureJuly 2026+0.7%Bottom 11%of 3,127July 2026
Unemployment rateCullman, AL’s figureJuly 20263.3%Top 14%of 3,127July 2026
Worked from home ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year3.2%17th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202462k51k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $62,146 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Cullman, AL, the city containing this ZIP code.

59% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 47% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 18.3 students for every full-time teacher across 4 public schools, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
5
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
18.3
across 4 of them
Math proficiency
58.8%
Top 20% in Alabama
Reading proficiency
47.2%
Top 43% in Alabama
All 5 public schools on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Fairview Elementary SchoolCullman County60118.862%49%
Fairview High SchoolCullman County51220.567%52%
Fairview Middle SchoolCullman County29120.859%44%
Cullman Child Development CenterCullman County17011.322%32%
Cullman Area Technology AcademyCullman County0———

52.9% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Alabama’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the non-metropolitan parts of Alabama is up 50% over five years, and up 5.2% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $493 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.23% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $879, close to the $940 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $879 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $35,200 a year, about 57% of the median household income here of $62,146.

The typical renter household here spends 27% of its income on rent, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $940 a month.

A median home at $212,300 costs 2.9 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $72,382, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
27.4%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.9×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$879
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$940
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$212,300
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against 35058’s median household income of $62,146, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price change (1 year)the non-metropolitan parts of Alabama’s figure2026 Q2+5.2%82nd percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Alabama’s figure2026 Q2+49.8%73rd percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Alabama’s figure2026 Q2+89.5%41st percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.52024 ACS 5-Year2.9Bottom 42%of 29,2752024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year74.4%39th percentileof 32,7502024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±3282024 ACS 5-Year4,79471st percentileof 33,4602024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$670Top 1%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$1,137Top 2%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$879Top 2%of 3,031FY2026
Median gross rent ±$1942024 ACS 5-Year$940Top 42%of 26,3962024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$29,4032024 ACS 5-Year$212,30048th percentileof 30,8122024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$722024 ACS 5-Year$4934th percentileof 28,9352024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$6,9622024 ACS 5-Year$72,382Bottom 34%of 29,8022024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.05%2024 ACS 5-Year0.23%1st percentileof 24,0992024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±12%2024 ACS 5-Year27.4%Top 44%of 26,2472024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±322024 ACS 5-Year3456th percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year0.7%45th percentileof 32,9612024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year7.9%56th percentileof 32,7882024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±1492024 ACS 5-Year41170th percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures.

Development Momentum

72/ 100
Top 12% of 3,124 published ZIP profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 193 units permitted over the past twelve months, none were in buildings of five or more homes. The multifamily share is published for Cullman, AL, which contains 35058, rather than for 35058 alone.

At 10.0 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas. The permit rate is published for Cullman, AL, which contains 35058, rather than for 35058 alone.

Units permitted
193
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
10.0
Top 12% nationally
Year over year
+33%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

People moving in and out

Net migration
+1.4%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
33%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$62,638
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$55,246
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Morgan County, AL 449 people · 12% of arrivals
  2. Jefferson County, AL 405 people · 11% of arrivals
  3. Blount County, AL 352 people · 9.5% of arrivals
  4. Marshall County, AL 252 people · 6.8% of arrivals
  5. Madison County, AL 192 people · 5.2% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Morgan County, AL 450 people · 16% of departures
  2. Jefferson County, AL 270 people · 9.7% of departures
  3. Marshall County, AL 235 people · 8.5% of departures
  4. Blount County, AL 219 people · 7.9% of departures
  5. Madison County, AL 195 people · 7.0% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Cullman County, AL. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Cullman, AL, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 88°F and January a low of 31°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 58.7 inches.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station CULLMAN 3 ENE, 4.7 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND5.9"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals58.7"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals31°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals88°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals71991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals37°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

51 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, cold wave and tornado, with inland flooding alone responsible for 43% of it.

Cold waveModerate
TornadoHigh
EarthquakeElevated
LightningModerate
Heat waveElevated
Inland floodingModerate
HurricaneModerate

Low or minimal exposure: strong wind, landslide, wildfire, ice storm, drought, winter weather, hail, tsunami, volcanic activity, coastal flooding, avalanche.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Homicide
4.7
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Firearm deaths, all intents
17.4
per 100,000 residents
Drug overdose
13.0
per 100,000 residents
Suicide
16.3
per 100,000 residents

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around 35058 (Cullman County) rather than 35058 itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. A ZIP area is not a jurisdiction, so no department reports for one. Cullman carries the figure where its department reported a full year. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Cost of living
Price parities are published for metropolitan areas, and this place lies outside one.
Air quality
The EPA publishes an air-quality index only where a monitor sits. There is none in this county, and a modeled value would be a different kind of number from the measured ones everywhere else on this page.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. Cost of living is published where the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures it, though not for this place. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Huntsville Intl-Carl T Jones Fld at 28 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year86.1%Bottom 35%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle28 miBottom 32%of 3,127NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle2Bottom 9%of 3,127NASR current cycle
No internet access ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year11.6%Bottom 32%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Huntsville Intl-Carl T Jones FldHSV28 mi10,001 ft
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth IntlBHM47 mi12,007 ft
Golden Triangle RgnlGTR120 mi8,003 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

35058 vs Cullman

How this ZIP area compares with Cullman as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like — a gap here is a real difference between the two places, not two surveys disagreeing.

35058
Cullman
Median household income: 35058 is the more favorable of the two.
Median household income
$62,146
vs
$61,224
Per capita income: Cullman is the more favorable of the two.
Per capita income
$30,047
vs
$35,681
Population density
153/sq mi
vs
846/sq mi
Median home value
$212,300
vs
$238,900
Median gross rent: Cullman is the more favorable of the two.
Median gross rent
$940
vs
$925
Homeownership rate
74.4%
vs
61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: Cullman is the more favorable of the two.
Bachelor's degree or higher
18.8%
vs
32.4%
Poverty rate: 35058 is the more favorable of the two.
Poverty rate
11.5%
vs
19.9%
Median age
38.2
vs
40.8

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.