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Fort Oglethorpe, 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

Fort Oglethorpe, GA Housing Market Trends

With 10,537 people, 4,751 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $197,243, house prices in Fort Oglethorpe are solidly below the national average.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Fort Oglethorpe, accounting for 42.48% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Fort Oglethorpe include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 26.71%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 19.96%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 10.58%).

People in Fort Oglethorpe primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Fort Oglethorpe has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.

Fort Oglethorpe homes and real estate are some of the newest in America. 40.28% of Fort Oglethorpe's housing was built since 2000, making the city have a very new look and feel. If you like the amenities of newer homes and subdivisions, then you will probably like what the Fort Oglethorpe real estate market has to offer. Quite a bit of the housing here was also built between 1970-1999 ( 32.44%), and between 1940-1969 ( 20.87%). There's also some housing in Fort Oglethorpe built before 1939 ( 6.41%).

Fort Oglethorpe Home Appreciation Rates

In the last 10 years, Fort Oglethorpe has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Fort Oglethorpe real estate appreciated 112.22% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 7.81%, putting Fort Oglethorpe in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Fort Oglethorpe 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 Fort Oglethorpe that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Fort Oglethorpe real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Fort Oglethorpe appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 8.06%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 87.31% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Fort Oglethorpe. Fort Oglethorpe appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.70%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 11.26%.

Importantly, this makes Fort Oglethorpe one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.

Relative to Georgia, our data show that Fort Oglethorpe's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% of the other cities and towns in Georgia.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$197,243

Fort Oglethorpe, GA Home Prices
> $1,459,000
$1,094,001 - $1,459,000
$729,001 - $1,094,000
$583,001 - $729,000
$437,001 - $583,000
$292,001 - $437,000
$146,001 - $292,000
$73,001 - $146,000
$0 - $73,000
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.9%
3.9%
0.4%
0.4%
3.9%
3.9%
19.6%
19.6%
55.2%
55.2%
11.0%
11.0%
6.0%
6.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Low

for Georgia

Low

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

4,751

Fort Oglethorpe Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,594 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
47.9%
47.9%
52.1%
52.1%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
9.6%
9.6%
90.4%
90.4%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
40.3%
40.3%
32.4%
32.4%
20.9%
20.9%
6.4%
6.4%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
42.5%
42.5%
10.6%
10.6%
26.7%
26.7%
20.0%
20.0%
0.3%
0.3%
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
7.1%
7.1%
18.7%
18.7%
34.0%
34.0%
33.5%
33.5%
6.4%
6.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Popular Neighborhoods in Fort Oglethorpe

Zip Codes in Fort Oglethorpe, GA