A typical Athens home is worth about $340,000
Up 1.7% in a year, close to the Georgia typical home.
The short version on homes in Athens
Most Athens households rent
59% of households rent their home, 30,001 in all, against 34% across Georgia. Renting ↓
Hard to buy on a local income
A typical Athens home costs 6.3 years of the median household income, against 4.3 years across Georgia. At Athens’ median household income of $54,000, the calculator below reaches about $211K, $129K short of the typical home. Can I afford it? ↓
Written from the data on this page. Home values are the Zillow Home Value Index, through August 2026; incomes, rents paid, taxes and ownership come from the Census American Community Survey.
Up 33.3% in five years
Faster than Georgia (22.2%).
Show as a table
| January | Athens | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $153,000 | $172,000 |
| 2018 | $167,000 | $186,000 |
| 2019 | $184,000 | $202,000 |
| 2020 | $201,000 | $215,000 |
| 2021 | $229,000 | $240,000 |
| 2022 | $273,000 | $292,000 |
| 2023 | $299,000 | $323,000 |
| 2024 | $322,000 | $334,000 |
| 2025 | $333,000 | $339,000 |
| 2026 | $338,000 | $332,000 |
| August 2026 | $340,000 | $331,000 |
A typical Athens home worth $152K in September 2016 is worth about $340K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 6.3 years of income
More than across Georgia (4.3 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $129K short of a typical Athens home.
How Athens ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Athens’s typical property tax (0.87% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Renters pay a median $1,219 a month
HUD doesn’t publish rents for this area.
How Athens ranks on rent that’s easy to afford →
Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
23 of Athens’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Athens’s homes were built before 1987.
Georgia: 66% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
Athens vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Athens. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2008 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens | $340K | +1.7% | — | — | $53,625 |
| Winterville | $335K | +2.8% | $1,140 | 0 | $110,804 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Athens buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.