The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 30297 sells for about $189,000, or $147 per square foot.
Prices are up +5% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 61 days to sell, which is slow. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,254 a month.
ZIP 30297 — Forest Park
The 30297 housing market is currently characterized as a buyer's market with a median sale price of $189,000. While year-over-year prices have seen a 5% increase, the market is experiencing faster turnover with a median of 61 days on market and a sale-to-list ratio of 98%.
This area is primarily suited for budget-conscious buyers and renters, given the lower median home values and household income levels compared to surrounding Clayton County municipalities.
Median prices moved up 5.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 61 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 6.1% · poverty 22.7% — a mixed stability profile.
Median annual property tax paid on this ZIP's residential parcels
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical -10.5%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 30297
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Georgia) — Homestead Exemption: 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. State (Georgia) — Ad Valorem Property Tax Assessment: 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.
Data sourced from US Census and incomebyzipcode.com
- Six Flags Over Georgia4.114.3 mi
- Round1 Bowling & Arcade419 mi
- Activate Games4.918.4 mi
- College Football Hall of Fame4.610.2 mi
- Dave & Buster's McDonough4.117.1 mi
- Mercedes-Benz Stadium4.79.8 mi
- Truist Park4.719.8 mi
- Six Flags Over Georgia4.114.3 mi
- State Farm Arena4.510 mi
- Georgia World Congress Center4.510 mi
- Georgia Aquarium4.710.4 mi
- World of Coca-Cola4.410.3 mi
- Atlanta Botanical Garden4.712.2 mi
- Piedmont Park4.812.1 mi
- Zoo Atlanta4.58.3 mi
- Ponce City Market4.611 mi
- World of Coca-Cola4.410.3 mi
- Fox Theatre4.711 mi
- High Museum of Art4.712.2 mi
- Fernbank Museum | 3D Theater | Forest4.511.6 mi
- Atlanta Botanical Garden4.712.2 mi
- Piedmont Park4.812.1 mi
- Centennial Olympic Park4.610.2 mi
- Fernbank Museum | 3D Theater | Forest4.511.6 mi
- Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park4.89.9 mi
- East Lake Golf Club4.810.2 mi
- Druid Hills Golf Club4.611.6 mi
- Brown's Mill Golf Course44.7 mi
- Sugar Creek Golf & Tennis Club4.27 mi
- Charlie Yates Golf Course4.49.8 mi
- Ponce City Market4.611 mi
- Krog Street Market4.610 mi
- Southlake Mall43.3 mi
- Greenbriar Mall3.88.1 mi
- Colony Square4.312 mi
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport4.13 mi
- DeKalb-Peachtree Airport4.618.7 mi
- Noodle4.24.6 mi
- The Club at ATL3.42.7 mi
- Biplane Rides Over Atlanta4.918.5 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.