Columbus, Georgia housing market: home prices and forecast
Columbus, Georgia home prices: the Zillow Home Value Index valued a typical home in Columbus, Georgia at $175,906 in September 2026, up +3.1% from a year before and the highest monthly figure on record.
- Value of a typical home
- $175,906September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- +3.1% since September 2025.
Columbus, Georgia home prices since 2000
The steel line shows Columbus, Georgia; the grey line shows the United States. A typical Columbus, Georgia home changed from $114,636 in January 2000 to $175,906, ×1.53, while the US figure over those months was ×2.99. Prices peaked during the boom in December 2004 at $136,496, then bottomed in June 2013 at $99,513, −27.1%.
Columbus, Georgia median home price by year
Each year averages the twelve monthly values; 2026 covers the latest month.
| Year | Columbus, Georgia | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $116,137 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $120,519 | +3.8% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $123,939 | +2.8% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $126,059 | +1.7% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $133,293 | +5.7% | $169,891 |
| 2006 | $118,682 | $206,531 | |
| 2007 | $125,978 | +6.1% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $127,776 | +1.4% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $124,265 | −2.7% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $118,241 | −4.8% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $112,755 | −4.6% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $103,319 | −8.4% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $100,240 | −3.0% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $98,514 | −1.7% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $96,593 | −1.9% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $96,557 | 0% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $96,310 | −0.3% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $101,527 | +5.4% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $106,971 | +5.4% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $114,653 | +7.2% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $132,502 | +15.6% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $149,175 | +12.6% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $156,638 | +5.0% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $165,700 | +5.8% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $170,837 | +3.1% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $175,906 | +3.1% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in Columbus, Georgia in any year is worth now
For a typical home, this estimate uses an index rather than an appraisal.
Each year averages twelve monthly index values, and the current value is September 2026. Other tools: home appreciation calculator.
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Columbus, Georgia housing market forecast
In the Columbus, GA metro, Zillow's forecast shows +2.9% over 12 months from September 2026, with +0.7% over the next three months. With Columbus, Georgia's typical value at $175,906, the forecast points to a level near $181,000 a year on.
The metro forecast shown here comes from Zillow's central estimate, as the site does not publish its own forecast. Forecasts of this kind over 12 months have usually been off by several percentage points, in both directions, when the realised change arrives. Nothing here counts as investment advice.
All metro forecasts in one table: housing market forecast.
Columbus, Georgia housing market crash risk score
Low, 17 of 100
Five signals that ran high before earlier price declines are used to rank Columbus, Georgia against 292 cities. Every input is scored from 0 to 100 by comparison with the other cities, and the five scores carry equal weight in the average. It shows conditions as they stand today; no crash is predicted by it.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −7.3% | 33 | 20% |
| Time on the market vs 2019 | −12.7% | 18 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 11.0 | 5 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 3.1 | 8 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +3.1% | 19 | 20% |
Nothing here counts as investment advice. Scoring of the inputs: methodology. All 292 cities ranked: city crash risk.
Inventory and days on the market in Columbus, Georgia
With 997 homes for sale during September 2026 the Columbus, GA metro recorded +17.0% growth from a year earlier and a 7.3% decline from the same month of 2019. The median time required to sell a listing was 62 days (−12.7% against 2019), and price cuts affected 16.0% of listings.
| Columbus, GA metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 997 | +17.0% |
| New listings | 342 | |
| Median days on market | 62 | +12.7% |
| Median list price | $280,525 | −0.5% |
| Share with a price cut | 16.0% |
Metro inventory from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. All metros: days on market by city.
Rents and living costs in Columbus, Georgia
The Zillow Observed Rent Index shows a typical asking rent of $1,331 a month in Columbus, Georgia, +5.0% on a year. A typical home costs 11.0 years' worth of that rent. The median household income of $57,010 (Census ACS 2024) makes the typical home worth 3.1 times the annual income. According to BEA, metro prices stand at 89.3 versus a US average of 100, while housing costs sit at 61.2.
Other Georgia housing markets
- Atlanta $380,331
- Augusta housing market $187,663.
- Macon housing market $171,522.
- Savannah housing market $318,893.
- Athens housing market $338,623.
Across the state: Georgia housing market.
How to read this chart
Each point plots the Zillow Home Value Index for Columbus, Georgia: the value of the typical home, which sits in the middle third of the market, adjusted for season and smoothed, in that month's dollars. The month shown on the slider has a hollow dot, while the latest month has a terracotta dot. These figures are not adjusted for inflation. An index tracks the typical home rather than any one house. To find what a single home is worth from its own sale price, use the sale-price card or the home appreciation calculator.