Home values, rents and more in the Athens metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Athens metro compares
The typical home in the Athens metro area is worth about $367,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Athens metro are 12% above the typical value in Georgia ($329,000) and about the same as the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Athens metro rose 1.8%, compared with −0.6% in Georgia and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,776 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as Georgia ($1,751) and 8% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $65,608, against $77,353 in Georgia and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 224,148 people live in the Athens metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Athens metro has the 209th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 4th-highest of 37 in Georgia with Zillow figures.
Part of: Georgia
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- Price-to-income and monthly cost to buy
- Zillow 12-month price forecast
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- Flood, wildfire and natural hazard risk
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- Building permits
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- Age, education and household make-up
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Athens metro
Cities in the Athens metro
- Athens, GA $339,000
- Watkinsville, GA $519,000
- Winterville, GA $332,000
- Comer, GA $310,000
- Bogart, GA $476,000
- Crawford, GA $284,000
- Danielsville, GA $327,000
- Hull, GA $333,000
- Colbert, GA $330,000
- North High Shoals, GA $527,000
- Ila, GA $251,000
- Lexington, GA $295,000
- Arnoldsville, GA $360,000
- Bishop, GA $650,000
- Carlton, GA $256,000
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.