A typical Cecil home is worth roughly $94,000
Home prices around Cecil have risen about 57% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Cecil?
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What it takes to buy in Cecil
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That covers a typical Cecil home, with $211K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,280 a month here, $720 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Georgia typical property tax (0.77% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Home prices up 57% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Cecil rose 57% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Georgia. Last year prices rose 8.7%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Cecil, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
64% of Cecil households own their home
Half of Cecil’s homes were built before 1996.
Georgia: 66% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,280
Renters already here pay a median of $1,080, 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 (Valdosta, GA MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Cecil in 2025. The last year with any was 2019 (2 new homes).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Cecil's population fell by 2 even though 5 new homes were 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $238,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $238,000 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $61,000 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $407,000 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $54,000 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Cecil'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.
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What Cecil buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. 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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.