Income needed to buy a home
Every county in Georgia
In the middle county, Lanier County, the typical home takes $73,829 a year. Locals can afford the typical home in 24 of 159 counties.
| County | Typical home | Monthly cost | Income needed | Local median income | For locals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart County | $79,638 | $628 | $26,914 | $33,250 | Within reach |
| Calhoun County | $92,690 | $717 | $30,739 | $46,940 | Comfortable |
| Twiggs County | $105,851 | $783 | $33,554 | $56,324 | Comfortable |
| Randolph County | $99,709 | $788 | $33,765 | $28,380 | A stretch |
| Macon County | $105,727 | $849 | $36,373 | $41,031 | Within reach |
| Telfair County | $114,456 | $880 | $37,728 | $50,929 | Within reach |
| Warren County | $113,578 | $881 | $37,751 | $44,289 | Within reach |
| Jefferson County | $117,179 | $919 | $39,396 | $53,014 | Within reach |
| Terrell County | $120,970 | $958 | $41,046 | $46,171 | Within reach |
| Quitman County | $125,805 | $971 | $41,618 | $40,179 | Right at the edge |
| Treutlen County | $127,688 | $978 | $41,903 | $55,518 | Within reach |
| Baker County | $127,288 | $989 | $42,399 | $46,012 | Right at the edge |
| Ben Hill County | $126,673 | $995 | $42,633 | $41,758 | Right at the edge |
| Early County | $128,731 | $998 | $42,756 | $54,083 | Within reach |
| Clinch County | $126,490 | $1,012 | $43,367 | $45,847 | Right at the edge |
| Atkinson County | $131,409 | $1,019 | $43,664 | $42,347 | Right at the edge |
| Wilcox County | $130,940 | $1,033 | $44,289 | $54,138 | Within reach |
| Dougherty County | $127,516 | $1,034 | $44,301 | $49,044 | Within reach |
| Emanuel County | $135,156 | $1,048 | $44,909 | $52,772 | Within reach |
| Turner County | $136,661 | $1,076 | $46,117 | $36,799 | A stretch |
| Chattahoochee County | $140,613 | $1,077 | $46,170 | $61,042 | Within reach |
| Dooly County | $136,490 | $1,078 | $46,205 | $60,987 | Within reach |
| Sumter County | $137,334 | $1,095 | $46,908 | $42,653 | Right at the edge |
| Seminole County | $139,948 | $1,110 | $47,561 | $49,495 | Right at the edge |
| Crisp County | $140,968 | $1,112 | $47,646 | $45,105 | Right at the edge |
| Johnson County | $144,508 | $1,125 | $48,218 | $51,028 | Right at the edge |
| Wilkinson County | $144,155 | $1,129 | $48,399 | $45,465 | Right at the edge |
| Ware County | $147,086 | $1,150 | $49,283 | $47,448 | Right at the edge |
| Jeff Davis County | $151,912 | $1,162 | $49,793 | $40,283 | A stretch |
| Taylor County | $152,496 | $1,180 | $50,551 | $41,788 | A stretch |
| Irwin County | $152,888 | $1,183 | $50,719 | $51,384 | Right at the edge |
| Washington County | $152,947 | $1,195 | $51,230 | $46,023 | A stretch |
| Dodge County | $155,089 | $1,197 | $51,283 | $51,587 | Right at the edge |
| Jenkins County | $156,170 | $1,217 | $52,137 | $44,389 | A stretch |
| Wheeler County | $155,937 | $1,217 | $52,165 | $40,539 | A stretch |
| Mitchell County | $153,461 | $1,229 | $52,657 | $57,613 | Right at the edge |
| Taliaferro County | $158,170 | $1,229 | $52,669 | $52,500 | Right at the edge |
| Bacon County | $160,717 | $1,261 | $54,057 | $44,694 | A stretch |
| Appling County | $166,195 | $1,271 | $54,481 | $46,651 | A stretch |
| Webster County | $167,177 | $1,295 | $55,519 | $46,792 | A stretch |
| Miller County | $160,975 | $1,298 | $55,644 | $51,425 | Right at the edge |
| Colquitt County | $168,543 | $1,305 | $55,912 | $49,341 | A stretch |
| Cook County | $169,399 | $1,308 | $56,057 | $53,651 | Right at the edge |
| Echols County | $169,066 | $1,315 | $56,345 | $59,489 | Right at the edge |
| Wilkes County | $171,297 | $1,342 | $57,499 | $52,043 | Right at the edge |
| Toombs County | $172,359 | $1,343 | $57,541 | $52,621 | Right at the edge |
| Coffee County | $177,536 | $1,350 | $57,849 | $50,683 | A stretch |
| Decatur County | $172,579 | $1,361 | $58,348 | $53,317 | Right at the edge |
| Burke County | $181,016 | $1,364 | $58,466 | $53,014 | Right at the edge |
| Bibb County | $172,667 | $1,368 | $58,637 | $51,234 | A stretch |
| Chattooga County | $178,463 | $1,374 | $58,885 | $50,285 | A stretch |
| Montgomery County | $177,106 | $1,379 | $59,082 | $51,941 | A stretch |
| Clay County | $174,002 | $1,382 | $59,233 | $49,147 | A stretch |
| Laurens County | $183,447 | $1,384 | $59,330 | $55,010 | Right at the edge |
| Worth County | $176,040 | $1,395 | $59,783 | $58,694 | Right at the edge |
| Brantley County | $176,514 | $1,396 | $59,843 | $58,239 | Right at the edge |
| Pulaski County | $179,650 | $1,412 | $60,534 | $50,406 | A stretch |
| Marion County | $185,617 | $1,418 | $60,754 | $51,667 | A stretch |
| Evans County | $180,488 | $1,424 | $61,029 | $53,259 | A stretch |
| Elbert County | $184,154 | $1,428 | $61,196 | $58,450 | Right at the edge |
| Bleckley County | $182,901 | $1,446 | $61,988 | $62,008 | Right at the edge |
| Talbot County | $185,543 | $1,446 | $61,989 | $41,597 | Far off |
| Berrien County | $189,680 | $1,465 | $62,802 | $52,876 | A stretch |
| Upson County | $189,041 | $1,471 | $63,023 | $55,429 | A stretch |
| Schley County | $187,227 | $1,473 | $63,127 | $56,875 | Right at the edge |
| Muscogee County | $188,899 | $1,477 | $63,279 | $58,073 | Right at the edge |
| Brooks County | $189,894 | $1,489 | $63,796 | $46,807 | A stretch |
| Glascock County | $193,215 | $1,504 | $64,456 | $54,934 | A stretch |
| Tattnall County | $197,538 | $1,515 | $64,910 | $50,747 | A stretch |
| Screven County | $192,883 | $1,521 | $65,192 | $52,792 | A stretch |
| Richmond County | $195,343 | $1,526 | $65,410 | $55,637 | A stretch |
| Grady County | $198,116 | $1,559 | $66,820 | $58,980 | A stretch |
| McDuffie County | $201,507 | $1,561 | $66,884 | $56,733 | A stretch |
| Charlton County | $211,524 | $1,620 | $69,446 | $61,276 | A stretch |
| Crawford County | $209,437 | $1,634 | $70,032 | $67,116 | Right at the edge |
| Pierce County | $211,260 | $1,636 | $70,129 | $60,517 | A stretch |
| Tift County | $209,578 | $1,639 | $70,259 | $53,255 | A stretch |
| Wayne County | $212,715 | $1,644 | $70,475 | $53,427 | A stretch |
| Meriwether County | $219,204 | $1,706 | $73,110 | $57,340 | A stretch |
| Lanier County | $220,018 | $1,723 | $73,829 | $47,186 | Far off |
| Polk County | $223,245 | $1,723 | $73,844 | $58,515 | A stretch |
| Hancock County | $219,820 | $1,735 | $74,352 | $40,082 | Far off |
| Baldwin County | $233,051 | $1,772 | $75,939 | $54,403 | A stretch |
| Thomas County | $228,212 | $1,782 | $76,375 | $60,736 | A stretch |
| Lowndes County | $231,222 | $1,789 | $76,689 | $58,541 | A stretch |
| Candler County | $226,296 | $1,790 | $76,712 | $49,581 | Far off |
| Clayton County | $229,974 | $1,797 | $76,998 | $59,806 | A stretch |
| Murray County | $243,198 | $1,816 | $77,838 | $69,253 | A stretch |
| Peach County | $235,713 | $1,828 | $78,364 | $71,293 | Right at the edge |
| Stephens County | $238,517 | $1,835 | $78,648 | $54,754 | Far off |
| Spalding County | $235,208 | $1,846 | $79,120 | $62,071 | A stretch |
| Floyd County | $235,196 | $1,852 | $79,359 | $65,565 | A stretch |
| Troup County | $237,802 | $1,862 | $79,780 | $56,776 | A stretch |
| Whitfield County | $247,187 | $1,889 | $80,951 | $67,070 | A stretch |
| Walker County | $242,843 | $1,899 | $81,393 | $59,469 | A stretch |
| Liberty County | $245,871 | $1,938 | $83,075 | $60,456 | A stretch |
| Dade County | $256,141 | $1,940 | $83,124 | $64,568 | A stretch |
| Jones County | $251,998 | $1,992 | $85,380 | $75,500 | A stretch |
| Houston County | $257,162 | $2,006 | $85,990 | $80,698 | Right at the edge |
| Lincoln County | $261,000 | $2,028 | $86,929 | $56,907 | Far off |
| Heard County | $274,532 | $2,068 | $88,632 | $65,868 | A stretch |
| Lee County | $266,114 | $2,096 | $89,849 | $89,168 | Right at the edge |
| Haralson County | $275,053 | $2,114 | $90,588 | $72,127 | A stretch |
| Gordon County | $276,621 | $2,118 | $90,788 | $63,650 | A stretch |
| McIntosh County | $274,835 | $2,119 | $90,830 | $50,273 | Far off |
| Bulloch County | $278,916 | $2,130 | $91,292 | $58,810 | Far off |
| Long County | $281,938 | $2,170 | $93,006 | $68,808 | A stretch |
| Butts County | $279,897 | $2,182 | $93,533 | $69,241 | A stretch |
| Franklin County | $285,968 | $2,187 | $93,713 | $53,046 | Far off |
| Carroll County | $289,605 | $2,210 | $94,698 | $73,714 | A stretch |
| Catoosa County | $293,259 | $2,235 | $95,788 | $74,639 | A stretch |
| Lamar County | $287,558 | $2,266 | $97,109 | $67,062 | Far off |
| Newton County | $293,924 | $2,298 | $98,472 | $77,179 | A stretch |
| Rockdale County | $302,885 | $2,330 | $99,873 | $77,247 | A stretch |
| Douglas County | $300,696 | $2,337 | $100,150 | $82,984 | A stretch |
| Hart County | $313,469 | $2,363 | $101,281 | $59,385 | Far off |
| Camden County | $304,428 | $2,372 | $101,676 | $74,378 | A stretch |
| Oglethorpe County | $318,923 | $2,446 | $104,843 | $75,034 | A stretch |
| Habersham County | $324,902 | $2,463 | $105,543 | $67,309 | Far off |
| White County | $325,524 | $2,481 | $106,315 | $70,666 | Far off |
| Bartow County | $325,325 | $2,498 | $107,063 | $82,243 | A stretch |
| Henry County | $318,805 | $2,503 | $107,274 | $83,146 | A stretch |
| Madison County | $325,887 | $2,516 | $107,842 | $61,963 | Far off |
| Jasper County | $323,726 | $2,519 | $107,948 | $60,134 | Far off |
| Banks County | $340,408 | $2,588 | $110,933 | $77,063 | Far off |
| Columbia County | $332,882 | $2,593 | $111,131 | $95,592 | A stretch |
| Clarke County | $333,230 | $2,607 | $111,748 | $53,625 | Out of reach |
| Chatham County | $335,273 | $2,608 | $111,786 | $71,097 | Far off |
| Monroe County | $339,029 | $2,617 | $112,154 | $83,183 | A stretch |
| Effingham County | $334,584 | $2,626 | $112,524 | $88,438 | A stretch |
| DeKalb County | $334,864 | $2,638 | $113,061 | $80,644 | A stretch |
| Paulding County | $342,031 | $2,663 | $114,149 | $98,031 | A stretch |
| Glynn County | $357,032 | $2,692 | $115,356 | $69,799 | Far off |
| Barrow County | $347,902 | $2,705 | $115,922 | $80,653 | Far off |
| Union County | $382,351 | $2,861 | $122,608 | $66,176 | Far off |
| Harris County | $378,129 | $2,940 | $125,994 | $97,302 | A stretch |
| Pike County | $376,718 | $2,940 | $125,995 | $86,719 | Far off |
| Towns County | $397,302 | $2,940 | $125,997 | $59,135 | Out of reach |
| Hall County | $387,290 | $2,974 | $127,442 | $80,901 | Far off |
| Lumpkin County | $391,466 | $2,989 | $128,117 | $77,448 | Far off |
| Walton County | $389,111 | $3,000 | $128,555 | $84,945 | Far off |
| Coweta County | $390,196 | $3,001 | $128,607 | $95,548 | A stretch |
| Pickens County | $395,523 | $3,003 | $128,696 | $78,930 | Far off |
| Gilmer County | $408,440 | $3,043 | $130,419 | $74,499 | Far off |
| Rabun County | $405,097 | $3,045 | $130,509 | $67,493 | Far off |
| Bryan County | $399,664 | $3,097 | $132,727 | $103,408 | A stretch |
| Jackson County | $402,061 | $3,121 | $133,738 | $89,544 | Far off |
| Gwinnett County | $403,103 | $3,178 | $136,187 | $87,890 | Far off |
| Putnam County | $417,481 | $3,185 | $136,512 | $72,096 | Far off |
| Cobb County | $421,599 | $3,237 | $138,732 | $102,738 | A stretch |
| Fulton County | $415,115 | $3,259 | $139,682 | $95,292 | Far off |
| Dawson County | $444,685 | $3,385 | $145,090 | $92,991 | Far off |
| Morgan County | $458,390 | $3,531 | $151,329 | $78,111 | Far off |
| Cherokee County | $471,444 | $3,621 | $155,184 | $108,115 | Far off |
| Fannin County | $498,675 | $3,710 | $159,019 | $57,073 | Out of reach |
| Fayette County | $493,762 | $3,831 | $164,171 | $111,978 | Far off |
| Oconee County | $553,840 | $4,246 | $181,990 | $121,217 | Far off |
| Forsyth County | $608,829 | $4,677 | $200,429 | $143,784 | A stretch |
| Greene County | $633,135 | $4,791 | $205,333 | $86,272 | Out of reach |
10% down, 7.40% 30-year fixed, housing at 28% of gross income. How it works.