Home values, rents and more in Columbus, GA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Columbus compares
The typical home in Columbus, GA is worth about $176,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Columbus are 16% below the typical value in the Columbus metro area ($210,000) and 52% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Columbus rose 3.1%, compared with +3.8% in the Columbus metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,331 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Columbus metro area ($1,353) and 31% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $58,073, against $59,336 in the Columbus metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 203,711 people live in Columbus (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Columbus has the 8th-highest typical home value of the 15 cities in the Columbus metro area and the 144th-lowest of 505 in Georgia with Zillow figures.
Part of: Muscogee County, GA · Columbus metro area · Georgia
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.