Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Renting in Dutton: a two-bedroom costs about $810
Dutton is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
What kind of housing town is Dutton?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Why Dutton isn’t graded
The grade needs at least two of four Census figures: home value, rent, property tax and the share of households paying 30% or more for housing.
A two-bedroom rents for about $810
Renters already here pay a median of $769.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (DeKalb County, AL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Property tax runs below the Alabama norm
The median bill is $396 (Alabama: $788), 0.35% of a home’s value a year, against 0.38% statewide.
Census American Community Survey 2020–24: the median real-estate tax bill homeowners report, and that bill ÷ the median home value. Bills include town, school and county taxes. The Census reports bills over $10,000 only as “$10,000+”.
Dutton and its neighbors
One source per column.
Cost next door · one source per column
| Town | Cost | Typical home Zillow, September 2026 | Median value Census 2020–24 | Tax rate bill ÷ value | 2-bed rent HUD 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutton | – | $189K | $114K | 0.35% | $810 |
“—” under Cost: not graded (too little Census data, or under 1,000 residents).
Questions about the cost of living in Dutton
How much is rent in Dutton?
HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $810 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in. Renters already here pay a median of $769 (Census 2020–24).
What are property taxes in Dutton?
The median bill is $396 a year, 0.35% of the median home value (Alabama: $788, 0.38%), from the Census 2020–24.
Why doesn’t Dutton have a cost of living grade?
Dutton is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
Neighbors talk housing
What Dutton buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, September 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, September 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer. Regional price levels: BEA; electricity: EIA. How TownRatings grades cost of living.