A typical Sunny Side home is worth roughly $100,000
The median sale price was $145,000 in February 2026.
Only 1 sale in February 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 Sunny Side?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 2.2 years of income
Less than across Georgia (3.9 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Sunny Side home, with $79K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,760 a month here, $1,170 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Sunny Side’s typical property tax (0.75% 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 $1,760
Renters already here pay a median of $1,093, 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 (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.
Home prices up 61% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Sunny Side rose 61% over the past 5 years, faster than across Georgia (58%). Last year prices rose 2%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Sunny Side, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
No new homes permitted in 2007
No permits for new homes were issued in Sunny Side in 2007 or in any year since 2000.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Sunny Side's permit office reported 3 of 12 months in 2007; the Census estimated the rest.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
47% of Sunny Side households own their home
Half of Sunny Side’s homes were built before 1987.
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 Sunny Side buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, February 2026. 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.