Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Lowest Price-to-Rent Ratios in Georgia
Price-to-rent is the median home value divided by a year of median gross rent, so a ratio of 12 means the house costs about twelve years of rent. Low ratios are where buying is cheapest against the local alternative. It is the one comparison on this site that assumes nothing about mortgage rates, down payment or how long you stay, which is why it travels well between counties. Both figures are Census five-year estimates for the same period, and rent here includes the utilities a tenant pays.
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Georgia ranked
| # | County | Price-to-rent | Median home | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chattahoochee County | 6.7 yrs | $99,800 | $1,235 |
| 2 | Stewart County | 7.5 yrs | $53,000 | $588 |
| 3 | Taliaferro County | 8.5 yrs | $73,100 | $715 |
| 4 | Appling County | 9.5 yrs | $81,400 | $711 |
| 5 | Warren County | 9.6 yrs | $78,000 | $676 |
| 6 | Wilcox County | 9.7 yrs | $71,200 | $612 |
| 7 | Wilkinson County | 9.9 yrs | $90,800 | $766 |
| 8 | Emanuel County | 9.9 yrs | $88,200 | $742 |
| 9 | Atkinson County | 10.3 yrs | $76,300 | $620 |
| 10 | Taylor County | 10.4 yrs | $82,900 | $665 |
| 11 | Chattooga County | 10.4 yrs | $98,700 | $789 |
| 12 | Dooly County | 10.6 yrs | $96,400 | $761 |
| 13 | Irwin County | 10.6 yrs | $105,300 | $824 |
| 14 | Brantley County | 10.7 yrs | $91,800 | $714 |
| 15 | Jefferson County | 10.7 yrs | $93,100 | $723 |
| 16 | Calhoun County | 10.7 yrs | $82,200 | $638 |
| 17 | Hancock County | 10.9 yrs | $87,400 | $671 |
| 18 | Worth County | 11.0 yrs | $112,400 | $855 |
| 19 | Bacon County | 11.0 yrs | $104,100 | $789 |
| 20 | Charlton County | 11.1 yrs | $119,000 | $895 |
| 21 | Talbot County | 11.2 yrs | $127,200 | $950 |
| 22 | Elbert County | 11.2 yrs | $114,600 | $849 |
| 23 | Echols County | 11.3 yrs | $112,600 | $833 |
| 24 | Wheeler County | 11.3 yrs | $74,600 | $551 |
| 25 | Ware County | 11.3 yrs | $106,500 | $786 |
| 26 | Mitchell County | 11.3 yrs | $105,500 | $776 |
| 27 | Seminole County | 11.4 yrs | $111,600 | $819 |
| 28 | Cook County | 11.4 yrs | $123,000 | $901 |
| 29 | Johnson County | 11.5 yrs | $91,200 | $661 |
| 30 | Washington County | 11.5 yrs | $115,600 | $836 |
| 31 | Wilkes County | 11.5 yrs | $105,000 | $759 |
| 32 | Webster County | 11.6 yrs | $92,200 | $663 |
| 33 | Macon County | 11.6 yrs | $87,000 | $624 |
| 34 | Quitman County | 11.7 yrs | $103,000 | $734 |
| 35 | Burke County | 11.8 yrs | $107,800 | $763 |
| 36 | Dougherty County | 11.9 yrs | $129,200 | $905 |
| 37 | Sumter County | 12.0 yrs | $122,300 | $847 |
| 38 | Turner County | 12.1 yrs | $95,200 | $655 |
| 39 | Treutlen County | 12.3 yrs | $98,400 | $668 |
| 40 | Clayton County | 12.4 yrs | $194,500 | $1,307 |
| 41 | Jenkins County | 12.4 yrs | $81,100 | $544 |
| 42 | Berrien County | 12.5 yrs | $115,200 | $771 |
| 43 | Liberty County | 12.5 yrs | $180,200 | $1,203 |
| 44 | Richmond County | 12.5 yrs | $163,300 | $1,087 |
| 45 | Glascock County | 12.6 yrs | $122,800 | $813 |
| 46 | Terrell County | 12.8 yrs | $111,500 | $727 |
| 47 | Colquitt County | 13.0 yrs | $121,400 | $779 |
| 48 | Brooks County | 13.1 yrs | $118,100 | $752 |
| 49 | Dodge County | 13.2 yrs | $108,700 | $688 |
| 50 | Clay County | 13.3 yrs | $92,500 | $578 |
| 51 | Montgomery County | 13.5 yrs | $118,200 | $732 |
| 52 | Bibb County | 13.5 yrs | $165,800 | $1,026 |
| 53 | Jeff Davis County | 13.5 yrs | $109,300 | $674 |
| 54 | Crisp County | 13.5 yrs | $120,800 | $743 |
| 55 | Randolph County | 13.7 yrs | $90,900 | $554 |
| 56 | Ben Hill County | 13.8 yrs | $114,600 | $692 |
| 57 | Pierce County | 13.9 yrs | $132,100 | $794 |
| 58 | Early County | 14.0 yrs | $130,100 | $774 |
| 59 | Twiggs County | 14.1 yrs | $104,500 | $618 |
| 60 | Miller County | 14.1 yrs | $118,300 | $699 |
| 61 | Decatur County | 14.2 yrs | $146,200 | $860 |
| 62 | Muscogee County | 14.2 yrs | $182,300 | $1,072 |
| 63 | Marion County | 14.2 yrs | $122,100 | $717 |
| 64 | Clinch County | 14.2 yrs | $86,300 | $505 |
| 65 | Meriwether County | 14.3 yrs | $154,600 | $899 |
| 66 | Grady County | 14.4 yrs | $136,500 | $789 |
| 67 | Bleckley County | 14.5 yrs | $132,900 | $765 |
| 68 | Newton County | 14.6 yrs | $233,300 | $1,331 |
| 69 | Telfair County | 14.7 yrs | $108,200 | $614 |
| 70 | Coffee County | 14.7 yrs | $125,700 | $713 |
| 71 | Toombs County | 14.8 yrs | $127,100 | $714 |
| 72 | Paulding County | 14.8 yrs | $289,000 | $1,622 |
| 73 | Wayne County | 14.9 yrs | $149,800 | $839 |
| 74 | Laurens County | 14.9 yrs | $137,400 | $769 |
| 75 | Tift County | 14.9 yrs | $143,100 | $799 |
| 76 | Houston County | 15.0 yrs | $205,600 | $1,143 |
| 77 | Troup County | 15.0 yrs | $187,800 | $1,044 |
| 78 | Henry County | 15.0 yrs | $277,400 | $1,538 |
| 79 | Douglas County | 15.1 yrs | $262,200 | $1,447 |
| 80 | Pulaski County | 15.2 yrs | $144,300 | $789 |
| 81 | Lanier County | 15.3 yrs | $161,100 | $878 |
| 82 | Tattnall County | 15.5 yrs | $122,400 | $660 |
| 83 | Thomas County | 15.5 yrs | $185,300 | $996 |
| 84 | Spalding County | 15.6 yrs | $196,600 | $1,053 |
| 85 | Baker County | 15.6 yrs | $120,100 | $643 |
| 86 | Polk County | 15.7 yrs | $163,500 | $870 |
| 87 | Heard County | 15.7 yrs | $161,000 | $855 |
| 88 | Jones County | 15.9 yrs | $174,600 | $917 |
| 89 | Baldwin County | 15.9 yrs | $164,700 | $865 |
| 90 | McDuffie County | 15.9 yrs | $155,100 | $813 |
| 91 | Rockdale County | 15.9 yrs | $256,600 | $1,341 |
| 92 | Upson County | 16.0 yrs | $149,500 | $779 |
| 93 | Candler County | 16.0 yrs | $135,600 | $706 |
| 94 | Crawford County | 16.1 yrs | $144,800 | $751 |
| 95 | Evans County | 16.2 yrs | $139,700 | $720 |
| 96 | Screven County | 16.2 yrs | $122,300 | $629 |
| 97 | Lowndes County | 16.5 yrs | $197,900 | $1,002 |
| 98 | Dade County | 16.5 yrs | $166,600 | $843 |
| 99 | Chatham County | 16.5 yrs | $273,300 | $1,382 |
| 100 | Lee County | 16.5 yrs | $226,900 | $1,147 |
| 101 | Bulloch County | 16.5 yrs | $191,600 | $968 |
| 102 | Floyd County | 16.7 yrs | $194,100 | $971 |
| 103 | Bryan County | 16.7 yrs | $317,100 | $1,584 |
| 104 | Camden County | 16.7 yrs | $233,900 | $1,167 |
| 105 | Walker County | 16.7 yrs | $173,900 | $867 |
| 106 | Gwinnett County | 16.8 yrs | $345,700 | $1,713 |
| 107 | Carroll County | 16.9 yrs | $227,500 | $1,124 |
| 108 | Schley County | 17.1 yrs | $152,900 | $746 |
| 109 | Stephens County | 17.2 yrs | $168,200 | $817 |
| 110 | Franklin County | 17.2 yrs | $160,600 | $778 |
| 111 | Peach County | 17.2 yrs | $186,100 | $901 |
| 112 | DeKalb County | 17.4 yrs | $331,400 | $1,591 |
| 113 | Putnam County | 17.4 yrs | $222,000 | $1,063 |
| 114 | Madison County | 17.4 yrs | $198,800 | $951 |
| 115 | Murray County | 17.4 yrs | $173,300 | $828 |
| 116 | Long County | 17.6 yrs | $196,500 | $931 |
| 117 | Barrow County | 17.8 yrs | $255,200 | $1,197 |
| 118 | Columbia County | 18.0 yrs | $287,400 | $1,330 |
| 119 | Bartow County | 18.2 yrs | $262,200 | $1,202 |
| 120 | Whitfield County | 18.3 yrs | $198,900 | $907 |
| 121 | Effingham County | 18.3 yrs | $245,300 | $1,116 |
| 122 | Lamar County | 18.4 yrs | $201,400 | $913 |
| 123 | McIntosh County | 18.6 yrs | $173,900 | $781 |
| 124 | Lincoln County | 18.6 yrs | $163,600 | $732 |
| 125 | Jasper County | 18.6 yrs | $219,700 | $983 |
| 126 | Catoosa County | 18.7 yrs | $214,200 | $953 |
| 127 | Habersham County | 18.8 yrs | $212,000 | $939 |
| 128 | Fayette County | 18.9 yrs | $405,600 | $1,787 |
| 129 | Cobb County | 19.0 yrs | $373,700 | $1,640 |
| 130 | Cherokee County | 19.1 yrs | $389,800 | $1,703 |
| 131 | Coweta County | 19.2 yrs | $321,900 | $1,397 |
| 132 | Clarke County | 19.5 yrs | $271,900 | $1,162 |
| 133 | Gordon County | 19.6 yrs | $205,600 | $872 |
| 134 | Haralson County | 19.8 yrs | $210,400 | $884 |
| 135 | Oglethorpe County | 19.9 yrs | $198,700 | $832 |
| 136 | Butts County | 19.9 yrs | $227,800 | $952 |
| 137 | Walton County | 20.3 yrs | $300,500 | $1,231 |
| 138 | Dawson County | 20.6 yrs | $351,900 | $1,425 |
| 139 | Hall County | 21.0 yrs | $313,600 | $1,247 |
| 140 | Pike County | 21.0 yrs | $265,700 | $1,056 |
| 141 | Glynn County | 21.1 yrs | $268,300 | $1,060 |
| 142 | Hart County | 21.1 yrs | $206,500 | $814 |
| 143 | Lumpkin County | 21.2 yrs | $277,200 | $1,090 |
| 144 | Forsyth County | 21.2 yrs | $493,800 | $1,937 |
| 145 | White County | 21.5 yrs | $262,200 | $1,015 |
| 146 | Fulton County | 22.0 yrs | $431,200 | $1,635 |
| 147 | Rabun County | 22.4 yrs | $272,600 | $1,016 |
| 148 | Pickens County | 22.4 yrs | $289,600 | $1,079 |
| 149 | Monroe County | 23.0 yrs | $243,200 | $881 |
| 150 | Gilmer County | 24.3 yrs | $278,900 | $955 |
| 151 | Harris County | 24.7 yrs | $278,700 | $941 |
| 152 | Morgan County | 24.7 yrs | $323,100 | $1,090 |
| 153 | Jackson County | 24.9 yrs | $312,700 | $1,048 |
| 154 | Fannin County | 26.1 yrs | $274,600 | $876 |
| 155 | Oconee County | 26.3 yrs | $425,100 | $1,347 |
| 156 | Banks County | 26.6 yrs | $251,700 | $788 |
| 157 | Union County | 27.0 yrs | $272,600 | $842 |
| 158 | Greene County | 30.5 yrs | $342,200 | $936 |
| 159 | Towns County | 31.6 yrs | $311,900 | $822 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
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