Zip lookup · GA

30238
Jonesboro, Georgia.

Jonesboro, Clayton County, GA · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro · population 43,191

What it costs per month · 30238 $1,192/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$645 (+118%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $8,950 -4%
$236,004$227,054 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $26,239 +13%
$200,815$227,054 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 30238 $1,192 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 30238$1,192
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 28 years.

Typical home values in zip 30238 fell 3.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Asking rents in zip 30238 rose 5.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +2.7%.

Owning the typical home in zip 30238 runs $192/mo less than renting one. The gap peaked at $402 in Sep 2021.

That is $1,596 a month against $1,788 rent: a $1,192 mortgage payment, plus $161 property tax and $243 insurance & upkeep.

Owning vs renting — zip 30238

The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Owning all in $1,596 Renting $1,788 Mortgage only $1,192
$500 $1,000 $1,500 2018 2022 2026
  • Owning all in$1,596
  • Renting$1,788
  • Mortgage only$1,192

Property tax · $161/mo 0.85% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for 2 counties

Insurance & upkeep · $243/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.

Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.

This zip spans 2 counties: Clayton County, GA 86% · Fayette County, GA 14%

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Jonesboro, GA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Asking rent $1,788 as of Sep 2026
+5.3%year on year
Typical home value $227,054 as of Sep 2026
-3.8%year on year

Asking rent — 30238

Against the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro and the national benchmark.

$1,000 $1,250 $1,500 $1,750 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 30238 $1,788 Atlanta $1,843 United States $1,932
$1,000 $1,250 $1,500 $1,750 2018 2022 2026
  • 30238$1,788
  • Atlanta$1,843
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 30238

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 30238 $227,054 Atlanta $375,898 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 30238$227,054
  • Atlanta$375,898
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 47 zips in range — sorting picks from all 47.

10 mi 20 mi 50 mi
Miles Zip City Population Rent Home value
3.8 30236 Jonesboro 50,089 $1,480 $258,324
4.4 30274 Riverdale 34,081 $1,406 $198,951
5.9 30296 Riverdale 27,045 $1,821 $229,279
6.1 30214 Fayetteville 31,811 $2,208 $394,383
7.0 30260 Morrow 28,693 $1,661 $215,486
7.7 30228 Hampton 52,402 $2,019 $304,344
8.3 30297 Forest Park 29,210 $1,220 $160,356
8.5 30215 Fayetteville 40,476 $2,261 $469,540
8.8 30273 Rex 17,844 $1,954 $232,922
10.7 30291 Union City 25,130 $1,791 $239,570
10.8 30337 Atlanta 10,694 $1,327 $300,952
11.5 30354 Atlanta 16,182 $1,893 $225,879
11.5 30288 Conley 8,116 $1,776 $208,514
11.7 30281 Stockbridge 71,603 $1,685 $290,504
11.7 30253 Mcdonough 64,779 $1,781 $311,206
12.0 30290 Tyrone 9,318 $2,972 $526,326
12.0 30294 Ellenwood 41,983 $2,056 $277,200
12.2 30349 Atlanta 79,872 $1,782 $250,672
12.9 30269 Peachtree City 40,534 $2,365 $564,107
13.2 30344 Atlanta 35,456 $1,505 $223,010
14.4 30315 Atlanta 34,264 $1,828 $244,561
15.3 30316 Atlanta 35,107 $1,863 $395,312
15.6 30223 Griffin 38,262 $1,253 $203,634
15.6 30034 Decatur 41,847 $1,610 $233,431
15.9 30213 Fairburn 50,621 $1,982 $319,017
16.2 30310 Atlanta 27,186 $1,970 $263,841
16.3 30205 Brooks 2,880 — $597,549
16.7 30311 Atlanta 34,953 $1,896 $227,390
17.3 30312 Atlanta 26,942 $1,905 $443,619
17.3 30277 Sharpsburg 21,641 $2,431 $440,136

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.