Appreciation Velocity — Georgia Cities
Cities of Georgia ranked by 1Y / 3Y / 5Y home-price appreciation.
Public Record
Top 10 — 1Y appreciation (Countys)
#1 · Gadsden, GA
+489.5%
#2 · Wilcox, GA
+255.6%
#3 · Jeff Davis, GA
+213.3%
#4 · Walker, GA
+161.3%
#5 · Washington, GA
+138.5%
#6 · Charlton, GA
+122.1%
#7 · Montgomery, GA
+112.9%
#8 · Oglethorpe, GA
+87.3%
#9 · Spalding, GA
+85.1%
#10 · Upson, GA
+82.4%
County ranking — 1Y appreciation (highest first)
| # | County | State | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y | Current median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gadsden, GA | GA | +489.5% | — | — | — | $1.45M |
| 2 | Wilcox, GA | GA | +255.6% | +56.1% | -36.0% | +119.2% | $160K |
| 3 | Jeff Davis, GA | GA | +213.3% | +39.2% | +113.3% | +497.8% | $658.3K |
| 4 | Walker, GA | GA | +161.3% | +506.8% | +488.6% | +722.0% | $1.06M |
| 5 | Washington, GA | GA | +138.5% | +116.8% | +204.0% | +607.5% | $375K |
| 6 | Charlton, GA | GA | +122.1% | +269.6% | -15.5% | +416.5% | $406.5K |
| 7 | Montgomery, GA | GA | +112.9% | +318.4% | +588.3% | +255.7% | $855K |
| 8 | Oglethorpe, GA | GA | +87.3% | +138.3% | +131.5% | +296.0% | $532.5K |
| 9 | Spalding, GA | GA | +85.1% | +70.1% | +46.4% | +74.8% | $430.7K |
| 10 | Upson, GA | GA | +82.4% | +95.3% | +140.0% | +453.0% | $357.7K |
| 11 | McIntosh, GA | GA | +75.4% | +181.5% | +73.2% | +239.6% | $422.3K |
| 12 | Clarke, GA | GA | +74.0% | +172.7% | +141.6% | +229.7% | $739.7K |
| 13 | Tift, GA | GA | +71.1% | +121.3% | +174.0% | +165.2% | $472.3K |
| 14 | Richland, GA | GA | +65.4% | — | — | — | $436.6K |
| 15 | Douglas, GA | GA | +60.0% | +151.1% | +207.3% | +163.6% | $791K |
| 16 | Colquitt, GA | GA | +56.4% | +254.7% | +95.6% | +165.6% | $414.8K |
| 17 | St. Lawrence, GA | GA | +55.4% | — | — | — | $278.9K |
| 18 | Turner, GA | GA | +52.6% | -26.5% | +101.2% | +109.3% | $226.2K |
| 19 | Greene, GA | GA | +51.5% | +140.2% | +257.0% | +443.0% | $1.47M |
| 20 | Floyd, GA | GA | +51.0% | +80.5% | +104.1% | +187.8% | $427.1K |
| 21 | Warren, GA | GA | +41.4% | -39.8% | +18.4% | -9.6% | $140K |
| 22 | Rabun, GA | GA | +41.3% | +69.9% | +94.6% | +214.9% | $549.6K |
| 23 | Monroe, GA | GA | +38.7% | +62.0% | +120.0% | +159.5% | $454.5K |
| 24 | Candler, GA | GA | +38.1% | +3.1% | +1.4% | +20.6% | $238.1K |
| 25 | Pike, GA | GA | +35.5% | +44.4% | +150.3% | +290.5% | $604K |
| 26 | Newaygo, GA | GA | +34.9% | — | — | — | $364.5K |
| 27 | Berrien, GA | GA | +33.8% | +96.3% | +169.5% | +185.4% | $349.7K |
| 28 | Coweta, GA | GA | +31.7% | +40.5% | +33.4% | +101.9% | $522.6K |
| 29 | Putnam, GA | GA | +31.4% | +65.6% | +130.0% | +233.4% | $852.8K |
| 30 | Oconee, GA | GA | +31.1% | +38.6% | +87.9% | +125.7% | $833.3K |
| 31 | DeKalb, GA | GA | +29.5% | +84.1% | +84.9% | +102.3% | $688.4K |
| 32 | Madison, GA | GA | +26.1% | +24.0% | +71.4% | +166.5% | $367.3K |
| 33 | Richmond, GA | GA | +26.0% | +92.7% | +25.3% | +105.0% | $288.9K |
| 34 | Jones, GA | GA | +23.7% | +73.5% | +81.8% | +139.3% | $346K |
| 35 | Union, GA | GA | +22.8% | +21.6% | +52.2% | +142.9% | $394.4K |
| 36 | Paulding, GA | GA | +22.3% | +33.3% | +6.0% | +76.6% | $526.6K |
| 37 | Miller, GA | GA | +22.1% | — | -1.2% | — | $207.5K |
| 38 | Jefferson, GA | GA | +21.8% | +26.3% | -6.1% | -0.2% | $201.4K |
| 39 | Pickens, GA | GA | +20.4% | +45.0% | +82.5% | +235.8% | $482.1K |
| 40 | Bacon, GA | GA | +20.2% | +20.0% | +34.0% | +81.0% | $211.3K |
| 41 | Jasper, GA | GA | +20.2% | +17.2% | +102.3% | +124.1% | $373.1K |
| 42 | Coffee, GA | GA | +19.3% | +140.9% | +60.9% | +106.8% | $275K |
| 43 | Haralson, GA | GA | +19.0% | +112.2% | +26.4% | +195.6% | $378.2K |
| 44 | Clayton, GA | GA | +17.7% | +276.0% | +139.7% | +272.7% | $841.7K |
| 45 | Effingham, GA | GA | +17.1% | +42.4% | +28.1% | +130.9% | $527.5K |
| 46 | Fayette, GA | GA | +16.4% | +21.4% | +82.4% | +53.2% | $680.5K |
| 47 | Wayne, GA | GA | +15.7% | +115.2% | +139.4% | +155.0% | $356.5K |
| 48 | Hart, GA | GA | +15.5% | +41.5% | +110.1% | +220.4% | $530.2K |
| 49 | Lumpkin, GA | GA | +15.3% | +120.3% | +142.5% | +322.4% | $589.6K |
| 50 | Lowndes, GA | GA | +15.1% | +54.4% | -17.3% | +117.9% | $356.7K |
| 51 | Baldwin, GA | GA | +14.5% | +49.2% | +74.0% | +200.4% | $354.8K |
| 52 | Gilmer, GA | GA | +13.9% | +14.7% | +54.8% | +166.4% | $441.7K |
| 53 | Murray, GA | GA | +13.6% | +99.9% | +76.7% | +175.8% | $295.5K |
| 54 | Talbot, GA | GA | +13.5% | +38.8% | -1.4% | +34.1% | $361K |
| 55 | Bartow, GA | GA | +13.1% | +84.4% | +101.5% | +249.1% | $505.6K |
| 56 | Ben Hill, GA | GA | +12.5% | +36.3% | +90.9% | +141.5% | $199.9K |
| 57 | Pierce, GA | GA | +10.7% | +53.0% | +19.7% | +54.0% | $242.3K |
| 58 | Calhoun, GA | GA | +9.5% | — | +186.3% | — | $224.8K |
| 59 | Appling, GA | GA | +8.9% | +103.7% | +106.2% | +111.4% | $281.6K |
| 60 | Dawson, GA | GA | +8.9% | -27.6% | +60.7% | +39.7% | $550K |
| 61 | Muscogee, GA | GA | +8.1% | +42.7% | +69.8% | +88.9% | $336.7K |
| 62 | Volusia, GA | GA | +6.3% | — | — | — | $427.5K |
| 63 | Bryan, GA | GA | +6.3% | +60.5% | +99.1% | +182.7% | $577.9K |
| 64 | Forsyth, GA | GA | +6.2% | -8.5% | +33.9% | +49.4% | $702.8K |
| 65 | Walton, GA | GA | +6.0% | +30.0% | +31.4% | +124.7% | $487.7K |
| 66 | Georgetown, GA | GA | +6.0% | — | — | — | $608.7K |
| 67 | Pulaski, GA | GA | +5.9% | +45.4% | +0.8% | +115.2% | $231K |
| 68 | Columbia, GA | GA | +5.6% | +18.1% | +50.7% | +104.3% | $395.5K |
| 69 | Lamar, GA | GA | +5.6% | +80.9% | +70.7% | +231.5% | $355.3K |
| 70 | Habersham, GA | GA | +5.3% | +115.3% | +125.7% | +300.6% | $578.4K |
| 71 | Mitchell, GA | GA | +5.2% | +12.7% | +35.0% | +46.0% | $191.8K |
| 72 | Jackson, GA | GA | +4.8% | +26.1% | +61.6% | +76.1% | $485.8K |
| 73 | Tattnall, GA | GA | +4.4% | +3.0% | +77.0% | +112.9% | $234.4K |
| 74 | Long, GA | GA | +3.1% | +13.4% | +39.1% | +174.1% | $334K |
| 75 | Harris, GA | GA | +2.3% | -6.7% | +30.4% | +7.5% | $390.4K |
| 76 | Anderson, GA | GA | +2.2% | +59.8% | +65.1% | +130.2% | $379.2K |
| 77 | Lanier, GA | GA | +1.8% | -21.0% | +67.9% | +88.1% | $257.1K |
| 78 | Monmouth, GA | GA | +1.0% | — | — | — | $967.5K |
| 79 | Banks, GA | GA | +0.8% | +63.2% | +130.8% | +271.7% | $473.4K |
| 80 | Fulton, GA | GA | +0.7% | -20.4% | +75.4% | +75.3% | $851.9K |
| 81 | Cherokee, GA | GA | +0.6% | +20.8% | +46.4% | +39.7% | $591.8K |
| 82 | Thomas, GA | GA | -0.5% | +54.1% | +30.6% | +110.1% | $387.5K |
| 83 | Cobb, GA | GA | -0.7% | +26.7% | +32.3% | +113.9% | $596.9K |
| 84 | Peach, GA | GA | -0.9% | -1.0% | +35.2% | +48.4% | $232.3K |
| 85 | Liberty, GA | GA | -1.0% | +33.6% | +29.3% | +84.5% | $270.5K |
| 86 | Glynn, GA | GA | -1.1% | +71.2% | +37.5% | +192.9% | $885.1K |
| 87 | Hall, GA | GA | -2.5% | +14.6% | +50.8% | +95.9% | $577.8K |
| 88 | Newton, GA | GA | -3.3% | -18.6% | +28.2% | +74.6% | $368.1K |
| 89 | Henry, GA | GA | -3.7% | +22.8% | +30.0% | +68.3% | $428.9K |
| 90 | Chattooga, GA | GA | -5.0% | +114.1% | +88.6% | +128.3% | $263.4K |
| 91 | Stephens, GA | GA | -5.5% | -4.4% | +24.6% | +98.0% | $234.4K |
| 92 | Toombs, GA | GA | -5.9% | -3.1% | +48.6% | +50.8% | $237.3K |
| 93 | Ware, GA | GA | -5.9% | +30.2% | +23.3% | +119.7% | $209.2K |
| 94 | Johnson, GA | GA | -7.7% | +84.1% | +31.8% | +307.7% | $202K |
| 95 | Towns, GA | GA | -8.8% | -13.3% | -30.8% | -32.7% | $262.7K |
| 96 | Gwinnett, GA | GA | -9.7% | +20.0% | +23.4% | +64.9% | $495.8K |
| 97 | Camden, GA | GA | -10.2% | -9.5% | +26.2% | +52.2% | $326.9K |
| 98 | Chatham, GA | GA | -10.4% | +36.5% | +52.2% | +95.6% | $530K |
| 99 | Catoosa, GA | GA | -10.5% | +32.7% | +42.7% | +97.2% | $324.4K |
| 100 | Houston, GA | GA | -10.7% | +1.5% | +15.1% | +86.1% | $287.4K |
How to read these numbers
Velocity vs. level
A market with 25% one-year appreciation is moving fast — but a market with steady 6% over ten years has compounded much further. Use 10Y as the long-run signal, 1Y as the momentum signal.
Mean-reversion risk
Markets that posted huge 1Y and 3Y gains often cool over the next cycle. Compare 1Y to 5Y: if 1Y is far above 5Y, the trend is accelerating; if far below, it is decelerating — often the more important signal.
Sample sanity
We require a minimum current median price (default $50K) to filter out tiny ZIPs with noisy data. Raise that threshold for serious investment markets; lower it to find emerging niches. Source: public record.