Home values, rents and more in Waycross, GA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Waycross compares
The typical home in Waycross, GA is worth about $144,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Waycross are 12% below the typical value in the Waycross metro area ($164,000) and 61% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Waycross rose 3.4%, compared with +4.2% in the Waycross metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,058 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 6% below the Waycross metro area ($1,125) and 45% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $38,301, against $51,821 in the Waycross metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 13,756 people live in Waycross (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Waycross has the lowest typical home value of the 7 cities in the Waycross metro area and the 85th-lowest of 505 in Georgia with Zillow figures.
Part of: Ware County, GA · Waycross 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.