A typical Butler home is worth about $144,000
Up 5.9% in a year, 56% below the Georgia typical home.
What kind of housing town is Butler?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 6.7 years of income
More than across Georgia (4.3 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $59K short of a typical Butler home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $100 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Butler’s typical property tax (0.96% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Renters already here pay a median of $592, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Talbot County, GA HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Up 13.6% in five years
Slower than Georgia (22.2%).
Show as a table
| January | Butler | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $88,000 | $172,000 |
| 2018 | $92,000 | $186,000 |
| 2019 | $92,000 | $202,000 |
| 2020 | $103,000 | $215,000 |
| 2021 | $119,000 | $240,000 |
| 2022 | $137,000 | $292,000 |
| 2023 | $132,000 | $323,000 |
| 2024 | $139,000 | $334,000 |
| 2025 | $141,000 | $339,000 |
| 2026 | $145,000 | $332,000 |
| August 2026 | $144,000 | $331,000 |
A typical Butler home worth $87K in September 2016 is worth about $144K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Butler in 2025. The last year with any was 2010 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Butler's population fell by 91 even though 1 new home was permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Georgia: 2.6 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $40,000 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $203,000 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $305,000 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $230,000 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $301,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $81,000 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Butler's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
41% of Butler households own their home
Half of Butler’s homes were built before 1973.
Georgia: 66% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
On the market in Butler
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
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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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.