Home values, rents and more in Effingham County, GA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Effingham County, GA compares
The typical home in Effingham County, GA is worth about $334,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Effingham County, GA are about the same as the typical value in the Savannah metro area ($340,000) and 9% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Effingham County, GA fell 1.7%, compared with −2.7% in the Savannah metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,117 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 20% above the Savannah metro area ($1,771) and 10% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.4% over the past year.
The median household income is $88,438, against $77,180 in the Savannah metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 74,397 people live in Effingham County, GA (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Effingham County, GA has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 3 counties in the Savannah metro area and the 31st-highest of 159 in Georgia with Zillow figures.
Part of: Savannah 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.