Georgia in 2021

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 2021 the FHFA house price index for Georgia changed +12.9%, against +11.6% for the United States and +4.2% in 2020.

67,223 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (53,419 single-family), +20.4% on 2020; the national total was 1,736,982.

+12.9%Georgia index, 2020–2021US +11.6%

67,223housing units permitted in 202153,419 single-family

136 of 139counties with a rising indexmedian county +12.8%

1,736,982units permitted nationally in 2021

Counties in 2021

Ranked by the county index change from 2020 to 2021 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2021; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

County	Index change 2021	Units permitted	Single-family	Per 1,000
Hancock County	+21.5%	31	31	3.6
Fannin County	+20.8%	447	447	17.1
Clayton County	+20.5%	929	623	3.1
McIntosh County	+20.0%	80	80	6.7
Mitchell County	+19.1%	8	8	0.4
Banks County	+18.9%	103	72	4.8
Franklin County	+18.4%	142	142	5.5
White County	+18.4%	231	201	7.8
Douglas County	+17.9%	1,639	615	10.6
Gilmer County	+17.9%	414	307	12.2
Rockdale County	+17.9%	218	218	2.2
Barrow County	+17.6%	1,134	989	11.4
Candler County	+17.3%	3	3	0.3
Paulding County	+17.3%	2,143	2,080	11.2
Henry County	+17.1%	2,486	2,118	9.4
Towns County	+17.0%	98	98	7.4
Madison County	+16.9%	187	187	5.7
Liberty County	+16.7%	488	488	6.9
Gwinnett County	+16.3%	4,735	4,266	4.7
Haralson County	+16.3%	89	89	2.7
Walker County	+16.2%	342	170	4.9
Pickens County	+16.1%	341	341	9.2
Twiggs County	+16.1%	10	10	1.3
Jenkins County	+16.0%	71	23	8.0
Polk County	+16.0%	9	9	0.2
Jackson County	+15.8%	1,782	1,370	18.0
Cherokee County	+15.7%	2,754	2,598	9.2
Union County	+15.7%	251	251	9.0
Montgomery County	+15.6%	24	24	2.8
Lamar County	+15.5%	184	184	8.8
Stephens County	+15.5%	16	16	0.6
Newton County	+15.4%	1,150	748	9.2
Carroll County	+15.3%	1,251	1,059	9.5
Wilkinson County	+15.3%	6	6	0.7
Butts County	+15.2%	176	176	6.5
Hart County	+15.2%	253	247	8.8
Macon County	+15.1%	13	13	1.1
Walton County	+15.1%	1,144	1,144	10.2
Early County	+15.0%	7	7	0.7
Forsyth County	+15.0%	2,359	2,305	8.3
Appling County	+14.9%	5	5	0.3
Wilcox County	+14.9%	0	0	0.0
Bartow County	+14.8%	1,133	733	9.4
Rabun County	+14.4%	181	175	10.2
Lumpkin County	+14.3%	240	234	6.6
Coweta County	+14.2%	1,712	1,340	10.7
Pike County	+14.2%	187	187	8.9
Burke County	+14.1%	69	69	2.8
Cobb County	+14.1%	3,247	1,947	4.1
Elbert County	+14.1%	103	40	5.1
Hall County	+13.9%	2,249	1,402	9.9
Upson County	+13.8%	36	36	1.3
Catoosa County	+13.7%	272	252	3.9
Clarke County	+13.7%	1,166	180	9.0
Habersham County	+13.7%	395	214	7.8
Murray County	+13.7%	59	59	1.4
Richmond County	+13.6%	689	670	3.3
Spalding County	+13.6%	555	555	7.8
Whitfield County	+13.5%	673	328	6.3
Coffee County	+13.4%	72	72	1.6
Putnam County	+13.4%	276	276	11.6
Dawson County	+13.3%	581	581	16.4
Morgan County	+13.3%	224	224	10.1
Ware County	+13.3%	48	39	1.3
Meriwether County	+13.1%	115	115	5.3
Dade County	+12.9%	0	0	0.0
Floyd County	+12.9%	204	204	2.0
Oglethorpe County	+12.9%	77	77	4.7
Ben Hill County	+12.8%	11	11	0.6
Jasper County	+12.8%	152	152	8.6
Chattooga County	+12.5%	0	0	0.0
Miller County	+12.5%	1	1	0.2
Heard County	+12.2%	34	34	2.8
McDuffie County	+12.2%	54	54	2.5
Worth County	+12.2%	28	28	1.4
Columbia County	+12.1%	1,548	1,431	9.1
Cook County	+12.1%	209	185	11.5
Oconee County	+12.0%	418	412	9.3
Camden County	+11.9%	712	380	11.8
Chatham County	+11.8%	1,904	1,441	6.1
Troup County	+11.8%	297	203	4.1
Toombs County	+11.5%	24	2	0.9
Jones County	+11.4%	137	137	4.7
Fayette County	+11.3%	762	737	6.1
Monroe County	+11.2%	230	230	7.2
Bryan County	+11.1%	574	562	11.0
Gordon County	+11.1%	480	352	7.8
Lee County	+10.9%	164	164	4.8
Fulton County	+10.8%	5,170	3,513	4.7
Greene County	+10.8%	417	417	19.5
Muscogee County	+10.8%	675	296	3.3
Berrien County	+10.6%	34	34	1.8
Lowndes County	+10.6%	1,497	1,351	12.2
Pierce County	+10.6%	89	54	4.3
DeKalb County	+10.4%	2,862	1,889	3.7
Houston County	+10.3%	1,389	1,245	7.8
Baldwin County	+10.2%	235	103	5.3
Laurens County	+10.2%	17	17	0.3
Effingham County	+10.1%	749	749	10.1
Dougherty County	+10.0%	25	25	0.3
Schley County	+10.0%	18	18	3.9
Tattnall County	+9.8%	37	37	1.5
Bibb County	+9.7%	177	177	1.1
Bulloch County	+9.7%	585	585	6.7
Crawford County	+9.6%	9	9	0.7
Harris County	+9.5%	242	242	6.5
Taylor County	+9.3%	15	15	1.9
Thomas County	+9.3%	346	146	7.5
Decatur County	+9.2%	142	74	4.8
Glynn County	+9.2%	576	544	6.6
Wayne County	+9.1%	119	117	3.7
Evans County	+9.0%	25	21	2.3
Peach County	+9.0%	145	145	4.9
Pulaski County	+9.0%	44	44	4.3
Crisp County	+8.8%	29	29	1.5
Dodge County	+8.8%	5	1	0.3
Seminole County	+8.6%	18	18	2.0
Brooks County	+8.3%	0	0	0.0
Colquitt County	+8.3%	142	104	3.0
Tift County	+7.7%	177	85	4.2
Terrell County	+7.4%	7	7	0.8
Sumter County	+7.2%	25	25	0.9
Talbot County	+7.2%	7	7	1.2
Grady County	+6.6%	48	48	1.8
Bleckley County	+5.5%	80	20	6.2
Jeff Davis County	+5.5%	2	2	0.1
Lincoln County	+5.2%	82	82	10.1
Dooly County	+4.2%	0	0	0.0
Washington County	+4.1%	115	115	5.9
Jefferson County	+4.0%	3	3	0.2
Brantley County	+3.9%	67	67	3.5
Irwin County	+3.5%	33	33	3.7
Emanuel County	+3.3%	33	33	1.4
Turner County	+2.7%	4	4	0.4
Screven County	+2.3%	23	23	1.6
Wilkes County	+0.4%	50	50	5.2
Charlton County	−0.8%	32	32	2.4
Marion County	−3.5%	18	18	2.3
Bacon County	−4.4%	0	0	0.0
Lanier County	—	35	35	3.3

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Georgia by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.