The story of this market
The typical home in Muscogee County, Georgia sells for about $241,000, or $138 per square foot.
Prices are down 3.5% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 55 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 60% since 2000. Last year 23 of 35 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,212 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,212 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Very Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
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: 2021 (+10.1%). Worst: 2011 (-5.3%). 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
$1,611
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, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 35 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
15
Very Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $39,076,628.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
72.3%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6482 | 2978 | 72.3% | 7.6% | $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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Muscogee County, Georgia
Muscogee County's residential market is characterized by balanced, stable conditions marked by high relative affordability and moderate listing turnover. Prices have experienced minor softening year-over-year while median days on market remain near 55 days, reflecting healthy supply-demand equilibrium supported by steady local military and healthcare employment.
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.
Select a city to expand its ZIP intel reports beneath · 2 cities · 16 ZIP reports
Median prices moved down 3.2% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 57 days on market with 3.7 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
31% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 96.09% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 5.4% · poverty 19.8% — a mixed stability 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.
Owned and leased federal assets with active or excess status, per the General Services Administration's Real Estate Across the United States inventory (read 2026-09-25). A federal footprint read on this county — not a market valuation, and never an attribute of any individual property or tenant.
Deterministic aggregate of 16 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.
Muscogee County, Georgia — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 6.9%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
Each property observation weighs one in its ZIP's deterministic roll-up — property-level records (taxes, scores, permits) never roll individually. Latest property research run Oct 7, 2026.
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| 31901 | Columbus | $298,000 | $162 | +21.6% | 108 | 96% | 37.5% | 2.4 | 48 | $925 | researched Sep 16 |
| 31902 | Columbus | $204,700 | $136 | -4.8% | 47 | 98.4% | 39% | 5.8 | 882 | $1,214 | researched Sep 16 |
| 31903 | Columbus | $79,700 | $75 | -3.7% | 33 | 96.5% | 15% | 3.2 | 120 | $880 | researched Sep 16 |
| 31904 | Columbus | $236,450 | $147 | +2.8% | 12 | — | — | — | 263 | $1,094 | researched Sep 30 |
| 31905 | Fort Moore (CDP / Military Installation) | $281,493 | $122 | +8.5% | 70 | — | — | — | 29 | $1,652 | researched Sep 20 |
| 31906 | Columbus | $227,500 | $136 | -0.9% | 54 | 98.6% | 14% | 2.5 | 947 | $923 | researched Sep 20 |
| 31907 | Columbus | $154,800 | $118 | +0.9% | 27 | 99.2% | 14% | 3.9 | 202 | $1,101 | researched Sep 20 |
| 31908 | Columbus | $217,000 | $130 | -3.5% | 68 | 100% | — | 2.4 | 882 | $1,214 | researched Sep 16 |
| 31909 | Columbus | $249,900 | $136 | +4.7% | 55 | 98.5% | 38% | 6.2 | 208 | $1,316 | researched Sep 16 |
| 31914 | Columbus | $204,700 | $162 | -4.8% | 68 | 96% | 37.4% | 2.4 | 882 | $1,214 | 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.
Muscogee County experiences higher property and violent crime rates than the Georgia statewide median, primarily concentrated in urban sub-districts of Columbus, while eastern and northern rural-suburban pockets report lower incident volumes.
The consolidated county is served entirely by the Muscogee County School District, featuring high-performing magnet options such as Columbus High School alongside district-wide Title I challenges and mixed performance ratings.
The county faces moderate riverine flood risks along the Chattahoochee River corridor and localized stormwater drainage issues, with minimal wildfire danger and typical inland Southeastern severe convective storm and tornado risks.
Economic expansion is anchored by military operations at Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning), healthcare, regional logistics, and financial services firms including TSYS (Global Payments) and Aflac.
Muscogee County operates under a consolidated city-county government structure with combined millage rates assessed on 40% of fair market value, complemented by local homestead exemptions and the statewide Georgia property tax assessment cap limitations.
Commuters benefit from short transit times within the Columbus consolidated metro, primarily navigating JR Allen Parkway (US-80), I-185, and Victory Drive with an average commute duration under 21 minutes.
Key recreation assets include the Chattahoochee Riverwalk, the Columbus Whitewater urban course, Flat Rock Park, and the multi-use Fall Line Trace rail-trail system.
Residential permitting remains moderate to steady, centered on infill construction in central Columbus and suburban master-planned developments in north and northeast Muscogee County.
The rental market maintains robust demand driven by Fort Moore military personnel rotations, Columbus State University students, and regional healthcare workers, keeping median gross rents affordable relative to national benchmarks.
The economy is driven by federal defense spending at Fort Moore, corporate headquarters operations including Aflac, payments processing with TSYS (Global Payments), and regional healthcare systems.
Major corridors include Interstate 185 running north-south connecting to I-85, US-80 (JR Allen Parkway) serving east-west flow, and METRA public transit bus services operating across urban Columbus.
The Columbus Consolidated Government's planning initiatives emphasize downtown infill, trail network connectivity, commercial corridor retrofits, and strategic industrial park growth along Muscogee Technology Park.
The Muscogee County Board of Tax Assessors appraises residential property annually at 40% of fair market value, subject to Georgia Department of Revenue ratio oversight.
Because Columbus and Muscogee County operate as a single consolidated jurisdiction, municipal and county-wide services are largely merged, overlapping with special regional workforce and water authority management areas.
Property insurance conditions remain relatively stable compared to coastal regions, though inland convective storm and hail events have contributed to incremental premium adjustments.
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park4.15.6 mi
- Hollywood Connection Family Fun Center3.95.8 mi
- Sky Zone Trampoline Park4.42.7 mi
- Chuck E. Cheese3.92.7 mi
- Launch Family Entertainment Columbus4.76.1 mi
- The National Infantry Museum4.97 mi
- Columbus Civic Center4.45.6 mi
- Columbus Georgia Convention & Trade Center4.65.7 mi
- Stars and Strikes4.46.1 mi
- Pope's Haunted Farm4.522.5 mi
- Fort Benning4.39.7 mi
- The National Infantry Museum4.97 mi
- Flat Rock Park4.64.5 mi
- AMC Columbus Park 154.15.4 mi
- Stars and Strikes4.46.1 mi
- The National Infantry Museum4.97 mi
- Coca-Cola Space Science Center4.55.8 mi
- The Columbus Museum4.64.5 mi
- National Civil War Naval Museum4.75.2 mi
- Columbus Botanical Garden4.54.8 mi
- Flat Rock Park4.64.5 mi
- Uchee Creek Army Campground4.612.5 mi
- Cooper Creek Park4.42.5 mi
- Lakebottom Park4.63.9 mi
- Columbus Botanical Garden4.54.8 mi
- Uchee Creek Army Campground4.612.5 mi
- Lake Oliver Marina4.56.2 mi
- Bull Creek Golf Course4.35.9 mi
- Maple Ridge Golf Club4.45.7 mi
- Fort Benning Golf Course48.8 mi
- Lakewood Golf Course3.88 mi
- Oxbow Creek Golf Course4.26.7 mi
- Peachtree Mall4.13.3 mi
- Fort Benning AAFES4.57.3 mi
- Publix Super Market at Cross Country Plaza4.62.7 mi
- Publix Super Market at Bradley Park Square4.65.5 mi
- Publix Super Market at Midland Commons4.74.8 mi
- Columbus Airport3.93.4 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.
A 15-mile linear park running along the river featuring the longest urban whitewater rafting course in the world, serving as a primary tourism and lifestyle anchor.
World-class military museum located just outside the Fort Moore gates, attracting regional tourism and honoring the U.S. Army infantry heritage.
The cultural centerpiece of Uptown Columbus, hosting the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, national touring Broadway productions, and guest performances.
A scenic natural amenity with granite rock outcroppings, walking trails, disc golf, and picnic areas serving the eastern portion of the county.
Retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau ACS tables B01003, B01002, B25002, B25003, B25077, B25064, B19013, B25034, B08024, B08013, B15003, B23025, B17001, B25010 for Muscogee County, GA.
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.