A typical Molena home is worth about $319,000
Up 4.3% in a year, close to the Georgia typical home.
Only 1 sale in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Molena?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
83% of Molena households own their home
Half of Molena’s homes were built before 1938.
Georgia: 66% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Up 29.3% in five years
Faster than Georgia (22.2%).
Show as a table
| January | Molena | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $147,000 | $172,000 |
| 2018 | $160,000 | $186,000 |
| 2019 | $176,000 | $202,000 |
| 2020 | $188,000 | $215,000 |
| 2021 | $219,000 | $240,000 |
| 2022 | $264,000 | $292,000 |
| 2023 | $275,000 | $323,000 |
| 2024 | $296,000 | $334,000 |
| 2025 | $309,000 | $339,000 |
| 2026 | $313,000 | $332,000 |
| August 2026 | $319,000 | $331,000 |
A typical Molena home worth $143K in September 2016 is worth about $319K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 8 years of income
More than across Georgia (4.3 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $160K short of a typical Molena home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,460 a month here, $420 less 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.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,460
Renters already here pay a median of $1,458.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, 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.
No new homes permitted in 2012
No permits for new homes were issued in Molena in 2012. The last year with any was 2008 (1 new home).
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $25,000 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $390,000 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $363,000 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $395,000 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $336,000 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Molena's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2012, so the 2012 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
On the market in Molena
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Molena 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, May 2026. 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.