Zip lookup · GA

30518
Buford, Georgia.

Buford, Gwinnett County, GA · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro · population 57,912

What it costs per month · 30518 $2,379/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,329 (+127%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $11,321 -2%
$464,605$453,284 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $84,631 +23%
$368,653$453,284 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 $2,500 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 30518 $2,379 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 30518$2,379
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.

Typical home values in zip 30518 fell 2.4% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Asking rents in zip 30518 rose 1.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +2.7%.

Owning the typical home in zip 30518 runs $1,156/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $1,401 in Oct 2023.

That is $3,199 a month against $2,043 rent: a $2,379 mortgage payment, plus $335 property tax and $485 insurance & upkeep.

Owning vs renting — zip 30518

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.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Owning all in $3,199 Renting $2,043 Mortgage only $2,379
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2018 2022 2026
  • Owning all in$3,199
  • Renting$2,043
  • Mortgage only$2,379

Property tax · $335/mo 0.89% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for 2 counties

Insurance & upkeep · $485/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: Gwinnett County, GA 71% · Hall County, GA 29%

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

Asking rent $2,043 as of Sep 2026
+1.8%year on year
Typical home value $453,284 as of Sep 2026
-2.4%year on year

Asking rent — 30518

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

$1,250 $1,500 $1,750 $2,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 30518 $2,043 Atlanta $1,843 United States $1,932
$1,250 $1,500 $1,750 $2,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 30518$2,043
  • Atlanta$1,843
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 30518

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 30518 $453,284 Atlanta $375,898 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 30518$453,284
  • Atlanta$375,898
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 34 zips in range — sorting picks from all 34.

10 mi 20 mi 50 mi
Miles Zip City Population Rent Home value
5.7 30519 Buford 59,997 $2,087 $454,814
6.0 30024 Suwanee 88,067 $1,975 $597,485
6.2 30041 Cumming 77,664 $2,149 $620,123
7.4 30542 Flowery Branch 38,605 $1,851 $420,239
8.9 30043 Lawrenceville 87,929 $1,916 $399,072
10.0 30097 Duluth 46,876 $1,934 $706,506
10.4 30566 Oakwood 9,447 $1,621 $315,206
10.6 30040 Cumming 82,532 $2,299 $581,701
11.6 30005 Alpharetta 41,836 $2,033 $747,341
12.2 30504 Gainesville 29,422 $2,033 $362,935
12.7 30046 Lawrenceville 41,850 $1,838 $337,172
12.8 30096 Duluth 71,732 $1,616 $403,704
13.1 30517 Braselton 18,994 $2,406 $437,323
13.2 30011 Auburn 21,624 $2,314 $372,848
13.5 30019 Dacula 51,162 $2,492 $442,496
14.0 30028 Cumming 38,433 $2,063 $535,864
14.5 30022 Alpharetta 64,546 $1,952 $664,697
14.7 30044 Lawrenceville 101,475 $1,777 $353,952
15.0 30045 Lawrenceville 44,993 $2,317 $389,143
15.2 30548 Hoschton 26,232 $2,151 $481,244
15.7 30004 Alpharetta 68,707 $2,225 $749,760
16.3 30009 Alpharetta 21,095 $2,278 $754,308
16.3 30092 Peachtree Corners 36,992 $1,432 $552,608
16.8 30506 Gainesville 45,612 $2,083 $443,895
16.8 30071 Norcross 25,830 $1,860 $353,426
17.1 30017 Grayson 26,620 $2,025 $428,892
17.3 30507 Gainesville 33,009 $2,095 $330,741
17.6 30501 Gainesville 32,258 $1,522 $310,767
17.7 30093 Norcross 46,410 $1,352 $312,241
18.2 30076 Roswell 46,054 $1,655 $578,285

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