Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Lowest Rents in Georgia
Median gross rent by county, lowest first, including the utilities a tenant pays. Set these against the monthly cost to own the same county's median home: where the two are close, buying is not the stretch it looks like.
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Georgia ranked
| # | County | Median rent | Monthly to own | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clinch County | $505 | $913 | $86,300 |
| 2 | Jenkins County | $544 | $843 | $81,100 |
| 3 | Wheeler County | $551 | $782 | $74,600 |
| 4 | Randolph County | $554 | $910 | $90,900 |
| 5 | Clay County | $578 | $934 | $92,500 |
| 6 | Stewart County | $588 | $668 | $53,000 |
| 7 | Wilcox County | $612 | $776 | $71,200 |
| 8 | Telfair County | $614 | $1,056 | $108,200 |
| 9 | Twiggs County | $618 | $1,005 | $104,500 |
| 10 | Atkinson County | $620 | $803 | $76,300 |
| 11 | Macon County | $624 | $902 | $87,000 |
| 12 | Screven County | $629 | $1,171 | $122,300 |
| 13 | Calhoun County | $638 | $865 | $82,200 |
| 14 | Baker County | $643 | $1,123 | $120,100 |
| 15 | Turner County | $655 | $961 | $95,200 |
| 16 | Tattnall County | $660 | $1,155 | $122,400 |
| 17 | Johnson County | $661 | $915 | $91,200 |
| 18 | Webster County | $663 | $930 | $92,200 |
| 19 | Taylor County | $665 | $852 | $82,900 |
| 20 | Treutlen County | $668 | $971 | $98,400 |
| 21 | Hancock County | $671 | $893 | $87,400 |
| 22 | Jeff Davis County | $674 | $1,049 | $109,300 |
| 23 | Warren County | $676 | $825 | $78,000 |
| 24 | Dodge County | $688 | $1,047 | $108,700 |
| 25 | Ben Hill County | $692 | $1,101 | $114,600 |
| 26 | Miller County | $699 | $1,161 | $118,300 |
| 27 | Candler County | $706 | $1,256 | $135,600 |
| 28 | Appling County | $711 | $838 | $81,400 |
| 29 | Coffee County | $713 | $1,158 | $125,700 |
| 30 | Brantley County | $714 | $935 | $91,800 |
| 31 | Toombs County | $714 | $1,184 | $127,100 |
| 32 | Taliaferro County | $715 | $802 | $73,100 |
| 33 | Marion County | $717 | $1,121 | $122,100 |
| 34 | Evans County | $720 | $1,286 | $139,700 |
| 35 | Jefferson County | $723 | $935 | $93,100 |
| 36 | Terrell County | $727 | $1,081 | $111,500 |
| 37 | Lincoln County | $732 | $1,444 | $163,600 |
| 38 | Montgomery County | $732 | $1,119 | $118,200 |
| 39 | Quitman County | $734 | $996 | $103,000 |
| 40 | Emanuel County | $742 | $897 | $88,200 |
| 41 | Crisp County | $743 | $1,157 | $120,800 |
| 42 | Schley County | $746 | $1,366 | $152,900 |
| 43 | Crawford County | $751 | $1,301 | $144,800 |
| 44 | Brooks County | $752 | $1,149 | $118,100 |
| 45 | Wilkes County | $759 | $1,036 | $105,000 |
| 46 | Dooly County | $761 | $979 | $96,400 |
| 47 | Burke County | $763 | $1,036 | $107,800 |
| 48 | Bleckley County | $765 | $1,241 | $132,900 |
| 49 | Wilkinson County | $766 | $909 | $90,800 |
| 50 | Laurens County | $769 | $1,238 | $137,400 |
| 51 | Berrien County | $771 | $1,099 | $115,200 |
| 52 | Early County | $774 | $1,191 | $130,100 |
| 53 | Mitchell County | $776 | $1,052 | $105,500 |
| 54 | Franklin County | $778 | $1,406 | $160,600 |
| 55 | Colquitt County | $779 | $1,132 | $121,400 |
| 56 | Upson County | $779 | $1,341 | $149,500 |
| 57 | McIntosh County | $781 | $1,501 | $173,900 |
| 58 | Ware County | $786 | $1,036 | $106,500 |
| 59 | Banks County | $788 | $2,038 | $251,700 |
| 60 | Bacon County | $789 | $1,019 | $104,100 |
| 61 | Chattooga County | $789 | $965 | $98,700 |
| 62 | Grady County | $789 | $1,256 | $136,500 |
| 63 | Pulaski County | $789 | $1,306 | $144,300 |
| 64 | Pierce County | $794 | $1,216 | $132,100 |
| 65 | Tift County | $799 | $1,300 | $143,100 |
| 66 | Glascock County | $813 | $1,155 | $122,800 |
| 67 | McDuffie County | $813 | $1,377 | $155,100 |
| 68 | Hart County | $814 | $1,700 | $206,500 |
| 69 | Stephens County | $817 | $1,470 | $168,200 |
| 70 | Seminole County | $819 | $1,093 | $111,600 |
| 71 | Towns County | $822 | $2,398 | $311,900 |
| 72 | Irwin County | $824 | $1,036 | $105,300 |
| 73 | Murray County | $828 | $1,480 | $173,300 |
| 74 | Oglethorpe County | $832 | $1,688 | $198,700 |
| 75 | Echols County | $833 | $1,079 | $112,600 |
| 76 | Washington County | $836 | $1,112 | $115,600 |
| 77 | Wayne County | $839 | $1,332 | $149,800 |
| 78 | Union County | $842 | $2,158 | $272,600 |
| 79 | Dade County | $843 | $1,430 | $166,600 |
| 80 | Sumter County | $847 | $1,185 | $122,300 |
| 81 | Elbert County | $849 | $1,094 | $114,600 |
| 82 | Heard County | $855 | $1,392 | $161,000 |
| 83 | Worth County | $855 | $1,087 | $112,400 |
| 84 | Decatur County | $860 | $1,321 | $146,200 |
| 85 | Baldwin County | $865 | $1,433 | $164,700 |
| 86 | Walker County | $867 | $1,504 | $173,900 |
| 87 | Polk County | $870 | $1,432 | $163,500 |
| 88 | Gordon County | $872 | $1,722 | $205,600 |
| 89 | Fannin County | $876 | $2,137 | $274,600 |
| 90 | Lanier County | $878 | $1,444 | $161,100 |
| 91 | Monroe County | $881 | $1,988 | $243,200 |
| 92 | Haralson County | $884 | $1,782 | $210,400 |
| 93 | Charlton County | $895 | $1,119 | $119,000 |
| 94 | Meriwether County | $899 | $1,384 | $154,600 |
| 95 | Cook County | $901 | $1,139 | $123,000 |
| 96 | Peach County | $901 | $1,646 | $186,100 |
| 97 | Dougherty County | $905 | $1,246 | $129,200 |
| 98 | Whitfield County | $907 | $1,668 | $198,900 |
| 99 | Lamar County | $913 | $1,732 | $201,400 |
| 100 | Jones County | $917 | $1,536 | $174,600 |
| 101 | Long County | $931 | $1,704 | $196,500 |
| 102 | Greene County | $936 | $2,699 | $342,200 |
| 103 | Habersham County | $939 | $1,754 | $212,000 |
| 104 | Harris County | $941 | $2,290 | $278,700 |
| 105 | Talbot County | $950 | $1,198 | $127,200 |
| 106 | Madison County | $951 | $1,690 | $198,800 |
| 107 | Butts County | $952 | $1,905 | $227,800 |
| 108 | Catoosa County | $953 | $1,781 | $214,200 |
| 109 | Gilmer County | $955 | $2,174 | $278,900 |
| 110 | Bulloch County | $968 | $1,633 | $191,600 |
| 111 | Floyd County | $971 | $1,655 | $194,100 |
| 112 | Jasper County | $983 | $1,857 | $219,700 |
| 113 | Thomas County | $996 | $1,594 | $185,300 |
| 114 | Lowndes County | $1,002 | $1,687 | $197,900 |
| 115 | White County | $1,015 | $2,119 | $262,200 |
| 116 | Rabun County | $1,016 | $2,166 | $272,600 |
| 117 | Bibb County | $1,026 | $1,490 | $165,800 |
| 118 | Troup County | $1,044 | $1,635 | $187,800 |
| 119 | Jackson County | $1,048 | $2,539 | $312,700 |
| 120 | Spalding County | $1,053 | $1,700 | $196,600 |
| 121 | Pike County | $1,056 | $2,203 | $265,700 |
| 122 | Glynn County | $1,060 | $2,158 | $268,300 |
| 123 | Putnam County | $1,063 | $1,843 | $222,000 |
| 124 | Muscogee County | $1,072 | $1,574 | $182,300 |
| 125 | Pickens County | $1,079 | $2,315 | $289,600 |
| 126 | Richmond County | $1,087 | $1,442 | $163,300 |
| 127 | Lumpkin County | $1,090 | $2,233 | $277,200 |
| 128 | Morgan County | $1,090 | $2,577 | $323,100 |
| 129 | Effingham County | $1,116 | $2,059 | $245,300 |
| 130 | Carroll County | $1,124 | $1,864 | $227,500 |
| 131 | Houston County | $1,143 | $1,748 | $205,600 |
| 132 | Lee County | $1,147 | $1,931 | $226,900 |
| 133 | Clarke County | $1,162 | $2,243 | $271,900 |
| 134 | Camden County | $1,167 | $1,971 | $233,900 |
| 135 | Barrow County | $1,197 | $2,106 | $255,200 |
| 136 | Bartow County | $1,202 | $2,133 | $262,200 |
| 137 | Liberty County | $1,203 | $1,591 | $180,200 |
| 138 | Walton County | $1,231 | $2,430 | $300,500 |
| 139 | Chattahoochee County | $1,235 | $984 | $99,800 |
| 140 | Hall County | $1,247 | $2,513 | $313,600 |
| 141 | Clayton County | $1,307 | $1,672 | $194,500 |
| 142 | Columbia County | $1,330 | $2,344 | $287,400 |
| 143 | Newton County | $1,331 | $1,962 | $233,300 |
| 144 | Rockdale County | $1,341 | $2,091 | $256,600 |
| 145 | Oconee County | $1,347 | $3,306 | $425,100 |
| 146 | Chatham County | $1,382 | $2,253 | $273,300 |
| 147 | Coweta County | $1,397 | $2,576 | $321,900 |
| 148 | Dawson County | $1,425 | $2,753 | $351,900 |
| 149 | Douglas County | $1,447 | $2,148 | $262,200 |
| 150 | Henry County | $1,538 | $2,288 | $277,400 |
| 151 | Bryan County | $1,584 | $2,546 | $317,100 |
| 152 | DeKalb County | $1,591 | $2,686 | $331,400 |
| 153 | Paulding County | $1,622 | $2,356 | $289,000 |
| 154 | Fulton County | $1,635 | $3,412 | $431,200 |
| 155 | Cobb County | $1,640 | $2,925 | $373,700 |
| 156 | Cherokee County | $1,703 | $3,045 | $389,800 |
| 157 | Gwinnett County | $1,713 | $2,808 | $345,700 |
| 158 | Fayette County | $1,787 | $3,186 | $405,600 |
| 159 | Forsyth County | $1,937 | $3,817 | $493,800 |
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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Lowest Rents across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Georgia