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Moving to Montevallo, AL
$317,413Median listing price
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About Montevallo
Montevallo is a city in Shelby County, Alabama, and a classic college town — home of the University of Montevallo, a public liberal arts university with approximately 3,000 students. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 7,229.
Home prices in Montevallo
The median listing price in Montevallo is $317,413.
Top places in Montevallo
- University of Montevallo — historic public liberal arts university with a scenic, oak-lined campus.
- Orr Park — 40-acre city park along Shoal Creek, famous for the Tinglewood tree carvings (carved from dead and damaged cedar trees, not living ones).
- American Village — Revolutionary-era living-history attraction just outside town.
- Ebenezer Swamp Ecological Preserve — university-managed wetland preserve with boardwalk trails.
- Downtown Montevallo — college-town main street with local shops and eateries.
Commuting from Montevallo
- Montevallo sits roughly 28 straight-line miles south of Birmingham.
- Rough drive estimate: about 55 minutes, derived from straight-line distance (approximately two minutes per straight-line mile, rounded). This is an approximate estimate, not a routing result — actual drive time varies with route and traffic.
Montevallo FAQs
- What is the housing market like in Montevallo, AL?
The median listing price in Montevallo is $317,413. Median listing price · Realtor.com · September 24, 2026 - How is the commute from Montevallo, AL?
Montevallo sits roughly 28 straight-line miles south of Birmingham.
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Schools
Official town resources. School report cards via the National Center for Education Statistics.