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Georgia housing

Home prices, affordability, valuation, and construction across the state — statewide, all 14 metros, a 159-county map, and a non-metro Georgia aggregate. Sources: FHFA House Price Index, Census ACS 5-year, and the Census Building Permits Survey.
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GA home-price growth
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FHFA HPI, YoY
GA HPI level
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All-transactions index
Median metro affordability
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100 = median income exactly qualifies
Median permits / 1k
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Residential, across metros
Median owner-occupancy
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Share of occupied units
Non-metro counties
86
Outside the 14 MSAs

Home Prices Over Time

FHFA House Price Index. The statewide Georgia and US lines cover 100% of the state; overlay any metro to compare. Indexed (1991 Q1 = 100 for the GA/US all-transactions series; metros use the purchase-only series).

Metro Home-Price Growth — Latest Year

Year-over-year change in the FHFA HPI by metro, fastest to slowest. Teal = at or above the statewide-metro median, coral = below.

Every County

All 159 Georgia counties — the 86 outside any metro included. Census ACS 5-year estimates.

Source: Census ACS 5-year (B25077 home value, B25064 gross rent, B25003 tenure).

Non-Metro Georgia

The 86 counties outside the 14 MSAs — roughly a fifth of Georgians — aggregated so rural housing isn't invisible. Population-weighted across counties.

Affordability

Buyer affordability by metro (NAR-style: 100 = the median household income exactly qualifies for the median-priced home at prevailing rates; higher is more affordable). Select a metro to see its rent-burden trend vs the US.

Source: EIG affordability composite (ACS median income vs. income needed for the median home) and ACS B25064/B19013 rent burden.

Are Metros Over- or Under-Valued?

Each metro plotted by price-to-income (x) and price-to-rent (y). Toward the upper-right = pricier relative to local incomes and rents. Bubble color is the EIG fair-value gap (teal = below fair value, coral = above).

Source: EIG valuation model — FHFA HPI vs. BEA per-capita income (log-log fair-value regression).

Housing Stock by Metro

Tenure and structure mix from ACS 5-year. Click a column header to sort.

Metro Housing units Owner % Renter % Vacant % SF detached % Multifamily %
Source: Census ACS 5-year (B25024 structure, B25003 tenure, B25002 occupancy).

About this data

The statewide Georgia and US price trends use the FHFA all-transactions House Price Index via FRED. Metro price, valuation, affordability, permits, and stock figures roll up from the 14 individual metro reports. The 159-county map and the Non-Metro Georgia aggregate use Census ACS 5-year estimates, which lag by about 2.5 years (the midpoint of the rolling window) but are smoother and available for every county. The 14 MSAs cover 73 of Georgia's 159 counties and about 82% of its population; the county layer and non-metro aggregate represent the remaining 86 counties. Sections show a stale badge when their underlying source is more than six months old.