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Blakely, GA Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q4 2023. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

Blakely, GA Housing Market Trends

With 5,238 people, 1,610 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $229,495, house prices in Blakely are solidly below the national average.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Blakely, accounting for 78.04% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Blakely include mobile homes or trailers ( 13.28%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.07%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 3.97%).

The most prevalent building size and type in Blakely are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 47.66% owning and 52.34% renting.

There is a lot of housing in Blakely built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Blakely built between 1940-1969 ( 32.01%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 16.93%). There's also some housing in Blakely built before 1939 ( 7.72%).

Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Blakely. Fully 14.81% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Blakely homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Blakely real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.

Blakely Home Appreciation Rates

In the last 10 years, Blakely has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Blakely real estate appreciated 153.09% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 9.73%, putting Blakely in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Blakely definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.

Appreciation rates are so strong in Blakely that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Blakely real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Blakely appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 6.97%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 74.28% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Blakely. Blakely appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 1.22%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 4.98%.

Relative to Georgia, our data show that Blakely's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Georgia.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$229,495

Blakely, GA Home Prices
> $1,535,000
$1,151,001 - $1,535,000
$767,001 - $1,151,000
$614,001 - $767,000
$461,001 - $614,000
$307,001 - $461,000
$154,001 - $307,000
$77,001 - $154,000
$0 - $77,000
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.5%
2.5%
1.0%
1.0%
17.0%
17.0%
12.5%
12.5%
40.0%
40.0%
17.0%
17.0%
9.8%
9.8%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Average

for Georgia

Average

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

1,610

Blakely Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,412 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
47.7%
47.7%
52.3%
52.3%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
14.8%
14.8%
85.2%
85.2%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
16.9%
16.9%
43.3%
43.3%
32.0%
32.0%
7.7%
7.7%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
78.0%
78.0%
0.6%
0.6%
4.1%
4.1%
4.0%
4.0%
13.3%
13.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
2.2%
2.2%
5.4%
5.4%
22.3%
22.3%
54.8%
54.8%
15.0%
15.0%
0.3%
0.3%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Zip Codes in Blakely, GA