Property tax rate
0.77%Median bill $2,341/yr · CensusMedian rent
$1,3932-bed $1,326Per month · CensusDays on market
66 days▲ 2 days vs last yearSeptember 2026 · Realtor.comWhat the numbers say
Georgia real estate at a glance
By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data
In September 2026, the median home in Georgia listed for $389,750, down 1.3% from a year earlier.
Homes spent a median of 66 days on the market, slower than 64 days a year ago.
Homeowners in Georgia pay a median of $2,341 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $303,300, an effective rate of about 0.77%.
Renters pay a median of $1,393 a month, and $1,326 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 23 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.
With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $390,000 home here comes to about $2,538 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $109,000 a year (the median household here earns $77,353).
Monthly payment on a typical home
$2,538/mo- Principal & interest$2,125
- Property tax$251
- Insurance (est.)$162
$390,000 home · 20% down · 7.24% 30-year fixed
Run your own numbersRents in Georgia by bedrooms
Studio$1,339
1 bedroom$1,318
2 bedrooms$1,326
3 bedrooms$1,419
4 bedrooms$1,847
Median gross rent (rent plus utilities), US Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates.
County by county
Every Georgia county compared
Lowest property tax rates
- Fannin County0.33%
- Towns County0.34%
- Gilmer County0.35%
- Union County0.52%
- Rabun County0.56%
Fastest-selling counties
- Cobb County56 days
- Bartow County57 days
- Cherokee County57 days
- Douglas County57 days
- Gwinnett County57 days
| County | Median list price | Days on market | Property tax | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling County | – | – | 0.94% | $739 |
| Atkinson County | – | – | 0.79% | $657 |
| Bacon County | – | – | 1.13% | $743 |
| Baker County | – | – | 0.86% | $631 |
| Baldwin County | – | – | 0.70% | $923 |
| Banks County | – | – | 0.60% | $827 |
| Barrow County | $389,900 | 65 | 0.78% | $1,318 |
| Bartow County | $369,948 | 57 | 0.70% | $1,268 |
| Ben Hill County | – | – | 1.07% | $688 |
| Berrien County | – | – | 0.86% | $782 |
| Bibb County | $202,500 | 73 | 1.03% | $1,066 |
| Bleckley County | – | – | 0.95% | $799 |
| Brantley County | – | – | 1.19% | $755 |
| Brooks County | – | – | 1.14% | $809 |
| Bryan County | – | – | 0.78% | $1,618 |
| Bulloch County | $309,200 | 62 | 0.75% | $995 |
| Burke County | – | – | 0.68% | $758 |
| Butts County | – | – | 0.82% | $941 |
| Calhoun County | – | – | 1.11% | $546 |
| Camden County | $393,950 | 79 | 0.88% | $1,235 |
| Candler County | – | – | 1.08% | $715 |
| Carroll County | $345,723 | 65 | 0.61% | $1,153 |
| Catoosa County | $325,000 | 62 | 0.65% | $993 |
| Charlton County | – | – | 0.76% | $540 |
| Chatham County | $395,625 | 80 | 0.84% | $1,471 |
| Chattahoochee County | – | – | 0.83% | $1,348 |
| Chattooga County | – | – | 0.88% | $790 |
| Cherokee County | $548,745 | 57 | 0.69% | $1,799 |
| Clarke County | $386,250 | 64 | 0.87% | $1,219 |
| Clay County | – | – | 0.99% | $536 |
| Clayton County | $249,962 | 61 | 0.87% | $1,433 |
| Clinch County | – | – | 1.30% | $509 |
| Cobb County | $449,450 | 56 | 0.67% | $1,730 |
| Coffee County | – | – | 0.76% | $710 |
| Colquitt County | – | – | 0.84% | $818 |
| Columbia County | $374,900 | 72 | 0.82% | $1,409 |
| Cook County | – | – | 0.78% | $956 |
| Coweta County | $487,819 | 66 | 0.73% | $1,488 |
| Crawford County | – | – | 0.87% | $914 |
| Crisp County | – | – | 1.08% | $778 |
| Dade County | – | – | 0.57% | $829 |
| Dawson County | – | – | 0.60% | $1,626 |
| Decatur County | – | – | 0.95% | $838 |
| DeKalb County | $329,500 | 59 | 0.93% | $1,692 |
| Dodge County | – | – | 0.87% | $723 |
| Dooly County | – | – | 1.27% | $758 |
| Dougherty County | $143,475 | 60 | 1.33% | $935 |
| Douglas County | $358,450 | 57 | 0.75% | $1,570 |
| Early County | – | – | 0.82% | $791 |
| Echols County | – | – | 0.91% | $1,017 |
| Effingham County | $391,267 | 73 | 0.90% | $1,147 |
| Elbert County | – | – | 0.91% | $844 |
| Emanuel County | – | – | 0.93% | $783 |
| Evans County | – | – | 1.02% | $719 |
| Fannin County | – | – | 0.33% | $900 |
| Fayette County | $571,713 | 65 | 0.75% | $1,898 |
| Floyd County | $319,575 | 61 | 0.85% | $1,014 |
| Forsyth County | $665,950 | 58 | 0.73% | $2,090 |
| Franklin County | – | – | 0.72% | $844 |
| Fulton County | $389,923 | 61 | 0.88% | $1,732 |
| Gilmer County | – | – | 0.35% | $998 |
| Glascock County | – | – | 1.03% | $642 |
| Glynn County | $452,450 | 89 | 0.57% | $1,135 |
| Gordon County | $309,975 | 68 | 0.69% | $937 |
| Grady County | – | – | 0.91% | $779 |
| Greene County | – | – | 0.61% | $924 |
| Gwinnett County | $449,945 | 57 | 0.95% | $1,810 |
| Habersham County | – | – | 0.59% | $974 |
| Hall County | $489,900 | 63 | 0.73% | $1,341 |
| Hancock County | – | – | 1.09% | $938 |
| Haralson County | – | – | 0.80% | $923 |
| Harris County | – | – | 0.85% | $1,048 |
| Hart County | – | – | 0.56% | $844 |
| Heard County | – | – | 0.56% | $917 |
| Henry County | $372,250 | 63 | 0.87% | $1,674 |
| Houston County | $313,478 | 59 | 0.83% | $1,208 |
| Irwin County | – | – | 1.07% | $865 |
| Jackson County | $461,485 | 72 | 0.87% | $1,126 |
| Jasper County | – | – | 0.80% | $970 |
| Jeff Davis County | – | – | 0.92% | $650 |
| Jefferson County | – | – | 0.96% | $731 |
| Jenkins County | – | – | 0.86% | $535 |
| Johnson County | – | – | 0.94% | $647 |
| Jones County | – | – | 0.97% | $964 |
| Lamar County | – | – | 0.86% | $878 |
| Lanier County | – | – | 1.00% | $913 |
| Laurens County | $259,925 | 95 | 0.66% | $863 |
| Lee County | – | – | 0.97% | $1,184 |
| Liberty County | $274,844 | 86 | 1.04% | $1,246 |
| Lincoln County | – | – | 0.99% | $786 |
| Long County | – | – | 0.87% | $976 |
| Lowndes County | $314,800 | 65 | 0.81% | $1,052 |
| Lumpkin County | – | – | 0.65% | $1,142 |
| Macon County | – | – | 0.98% | $655 |
| Madison County | – | – | 0.76% | $972 |
| Marion County | – | – | 0.71% | $710 |
| McDuffie County | – | – | 0.82% | $792 |
| McIntosh County | – | – | 0.80% | $800 |
| Meriwether County | – | – | 0.86% | $920 |
| Miller County | – | – | 1.29% | $810 |
| Mitchell County | – | – | 1.32% | $797 |
| Monroe County | – | – | 0.70% | $943 |
| Montgomery County | – | – | 1.04% | $760 |
| Morgan County | – | – | 0.71% | $1,108 |
| Murray County | – | – | 0.68% | $857 |
| Muscogee County | $242,450 | 60 | 0.86% | $1,106 |
| Newton County | $343,500 | 63 | 0.89% | $1,439 |
| Oconee County | – | – | 0.70% | $1,462 |
| Oglethorpe County | – | – | 0.75% | $913 |
| Paulding County | $382,500 | 59 | 0.80% | $1,772 |
| Peach County | – | – | 1.02% | $940 |
| Pickens County | – | – | 0.60% | $1,136 |
| Pierce County | – | – | 0.83% | $799 |
| Pike County | – | – | 0.87% | $993 |
| Polk County | – | – | 0.75% | $918 |
| Pulaski County | – | – | 0.93% | $883 |
| Putnam County | – | – | 0.68% | $1,002 |
| Quitman County | – | – | – | $918 |
| Rabun County | – | – | 0.56% | $1,047 |
| Randolph County | – | – | 1.07% | $606 |
| Richmond County | $219,950 | 72 | 0.84% | $1,141 |
| Rockdale County | $319,950 | 67 | 0.71% | $1,525 |
| Schley County | – | – | 0.90% | $816 |
| Screven County | – | – | 1.22% | $679 |
| Seminole County | – | – | 1.22% | $879 |
| Spalding County | $318,950 | 58 | 0.94% | $1,113 |
| Stephens County | – | – | 0.81% | $820 |
| Stewart County | – | – | 1.53% | $607 |
| Sumter County | – | – | 1.25% | $857 |
| Talbot County | – | – | 1.16% | $816 |
| Taliaferro County | – | – | 1.31% | $638 |
| Tattnall County | – | – | 0.90% | $699 |
| Taylor County | – | – | 0.96% | $630 |
| Telfair County | – | – | 1.12% | $712 |
| Terrell County | – | – | 1.04% | $745 |
| Thomas County | – | – | 0.78% | $1,018 |
| Tift County | – | – | 0.86% | $777 |
| Toombs County | – | – | 0.90% | $768 |
| Towns County | – | – | 0.34% | $808 |
| Treutlen County | – | – | 0.71% | $733 |
| Troup County | $298,000 | 73 | 0.93% | $1,087 |
| Turner County | – | – | 1.05% | $679 |
| Twiggs County | – | – | 0.73% | $808 |
| Union County | – | – | 0.52% | $808 |
| Upson County | – | – | 0.85% | $849 |
| Walker County | $275,500 | 63 | 0.75% | $940 |
| Walton County | $479,975 | 65 | 0.75% | $1,175 |
| Ware County | – | – | 0.96% | $789 |
| Warren County | – | – | 1.09% | $690 |
| Washington County | – | – | 1.00% | $858 |
| Wayne County | – | – | 0.78% | $846 |
| Webster County | – | – | 1.12% | $658 |
| Wheeler County | – | – | 0.63% | $581 |
| White County | – | – | 0.65% | $1,032 |
| Whitfield County | $298,000 | 66 | 0.64% | $971 |
| Wilcox County | – | – | 0.91% | $610 |
| Wilkes County | – | – | 1.05% | $786 |
| Wilkinson County | – | – | 0.90% | $825 |
| Worth County | – | – | 1.13% | $864 |
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Sources: Realtor.com housing inventory (monthly) and Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (weekly), via FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; US Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (property taxes, home values, rents, income). Insurance is an estimate. Medians for the whole state; individual homes vary. For information only.