A typical Empire home is worth roughly $122,000
Home prices around Empire have risen about 55% over the past 5 years.
What kind of housing town is Empire?
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What it takes to buy in Empire
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That covers a typical Empire home, with $183K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130 a month here, $410 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 55% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Empire rose 55% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Georgia. Last year prices fell 3.5%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Empire, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Macon-Bibb 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.
81% of Empire households own their home
Half of Empire’s homes were built before 1980.
Georgia: 66% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Neighbors talk housing
What Empire 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. 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.