The story of this market
The typical home in Jeff Davis County, Georgia sells for about $224,900, or $190 per square foot.
Prices are down 12.66% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 64.47 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 138% since 2002. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,002 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,002 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2002–2025
0%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2023 (+46.1%). Worst: 2017 (-12.8%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+1.1%
GA · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,194
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2002–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 1 census tracts in this county (2002 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
66
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $6,394,035.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
64.4%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 304 | 142 | 64.4% | 0% | $115,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Jeff Davis County, Georgia
The Jeff Davis County housing market is currently experiencing a cooling phase, characterized by a significant year-over-year decline in median prices and an increase in time on market. With limited inventory and a modest population growth rate, the market reflects broader economic challenges in the region.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved sideways 0.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 66 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
37% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is cooling.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.9% · poverty 18.7% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 1 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
researched Sep 16
| 31539 | Hazlehurst | $286,900 | $162 | 0% | 66 | — | 36.5% | — | 63 | $646 | researched Sep 16 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
The county economy is supported by local retail, health care, and transportation sectors, with Coastal Pines Technical College providing educational infrastructure in Hazlehurst.
The local economy is anchored by retail trade, health care, and transportation services, with total annual payroll exceeding $174 million as of 2023.
- Deen’s Landing4.515.8 mi
- Vidalia Onion Museum4.729.7 mi
- Lake Mayers4.27.8 mi
- Towns Bluff Park & Heritage Center4.410.5 mi
- Deen’s Landing4.515.8 mi
- Guy N. Weatherly Sr. Community Park4.12.4 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
Housed in the historic 1900 Pace House, this museum preserves local history and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Data retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts and Data Commons.
Allows lenders to foreclose on property without a court order provided the security deed contains a power of sale clause; requires specific notice and advertising procedures.
O.C.G.A. Title 44, Chapter 14, Article 7
Sellers are required to truthfully answer questions posed by buyers regarding the property's condition, though specific liability protections exist for non-disclosure of certain psychological impacts or non-material facts.
O.C.G.A. § 44-1-16
applies when — Owner must occupy the property as their legal residence and have owned the property on January 1 of the tax year.
Provides a reduction in the assessed value of the property; the state standard exemption is $2,000, which is subtracted from the assessed value before the millage rate is applied.
O.C.G.A. § 48-5-40
Taxable tangible property is assessed at 40 percent of its fair market value. The formula for tax due is: ((Fair Market Value * 0.40) - Exemptions) * Millage Rate.
O.C.G.A. § 48-5-7
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.