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Home values, rents and more in Clayton County, GA

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$229,000
Metro: $376,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
−3.7%
Metro: −1.5% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,620/mo
Metro: $1,843 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
+1.7%
Metro: +2.3% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
297,471
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$59,806
Metro: $89,724 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around Clayton County, GA, shaded by typical home valueClaytonFultonHenryDeKalbFayetteSpaldingButtsDouglasRockdale
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Counties around Clayton County, GA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). Clayton County, GA is outlined.

How Clayton County, GA compares

The typical home in Clayton County, GA is worth about $229,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Clayton County, GA are 39% below the typical value in the Atlanta metro area ($376,000) and 37% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Clayton County, GA fell 3.7%, compared with −1.5% in the Atlanta metro area and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,620 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 12% below the Atlanta metro area ($1,843) and 16% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.7% over the past year.

The median household income is $59,806, against $89,724 in the Atlanta metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 297,471 people live in Clayton County, GA (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

Clayton County, GA has the 2nd-lowest typical home value of the 29 counties in the Atlanta metro area and the 75th-highest of 159 in Georgia with Zillow figures.

Part of: Atlanta 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.

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