Huntsville
Alabama's largest city at 222,791 people, where 26.8 percent of homes were built in the 1950s and 1960s, the highest 1960s share of any place in the three counties.
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The coverage area is the three-county Huntsville market: Madison County (405,718 people), Morgan County (124,471) and Limestone County (111,233), all per ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Huntsville itself is covered on the home page; the nine pages below cover the other cities and the unincorporated north Madison County communities. Slab, crawl space and basement homes are all built across the area.
Three things change from town to town. Soils: USDA NRCS SSURGO data put about 17.5 percent of Madison County acreage and about 18.7 percent of Morgan County in soils rated high or very high for shrink-swell, against about 1.3 percent in Limestone County. Housing age: median year built runs from 1977 in Decatur to 2007 in Meridianville (ACS 2024 5-year). Permits: in the City of Huntsville a permit is required when labor and materials exceed $250 or any structural work is involved (Inspection Department FAQ); unincorporated Madison County requires permits for work of $1,000 or more, per the county's published summary; the City of Madison's residential application has "Repairs" and "Foundation Only" permit types; in Athens and Decatur permits vary by city, and your contractor confirms with the building department. The permit guide has the details.
Towns we cover
Population figures are ACS 2024 5-year estimates unless a ZIP code is named.
Madison
60,106 people and a median year built of 2001, with 53.3 percent of homes built in 2000 or later, the market's largest block of newer slab subdivisions.
Madison, ALDecatur
57,361 people on the Tennessee River in Morgan County, with the oldest median year built in the group (1977) and 26.9 percent of homes from the 1950s and 1960s.
Decatur, ALAthens
29,002 people and the Limestone County seat, where 34.8 percent of homes date from 2000 or later and the county's soils carry the least expansive-clay acreage in the market.
Athens, ALMeridianville
11,150 people along US 231/431 with a median year built of 2007 and 68.1 percent of homes built in 2000 or later, the youngest housing on this list.
Meridianville, ALHarvest
5,955 people in the Harvest CDP, with a median year built of 2003 and 61.9 percent of homes built in 2000 or later.
Harvest, ALHazel Green
3,940 people about 15 miles north of Huntsville, where 62.1 percent of homes were built between 1970 and 1999, the highest share of that era on this list.
Hazel Green, ALOwens Cross Roads
2,826 people in the Flint River valley below Monte Sano, with a median year built of 2006; the page also covers the neighboring Hampton Cove area.
Owens Cross Roads, ALNew Market
1,314 people in the New Market CDP, where 31.5 percent of homes are manufactured housing, the highest share in the market, and most of the rest date from 1970 to 1999.
New Market, ALToney
An unincorporated community with no Census place of its own; ZIP code 35773 counts 14,606 people with a median year built of 1998.
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Companies also quote in nearby towns such as Moores Mill, Triana, New Hope, Gurley, Hartselle and Priceville. Send a quote request with your ZIP code and we will tell you whether a company covers it. The services available everywhere in the area are foundation repair, crawl space repair and encapsulation, waterproofing and drainage, crack and wall repair, house leveling and piers and foundation evaluations.
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