Zip lookup · GA

30540
Ellijay, Georgia.

Ellijay, Gilmer County, GA · population 20,582

What it costs per month · 30540 $2,074/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,279 (+161%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $1,364 -0%
$396,515$395,151 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $77,696 +24%
$317,455$395,151 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 30540 $2,074 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 30540$2,074
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.

Typical home values in zip 30540 fell 0.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $1,475 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $395,151 as of Sep 2026
-0.3%year on year

Asking rent — 30540

Against the metro metro and the national benchmark.

$1,500 $1,600 $1,700 $1,800 $1,900 2026 30540 $1,475 United States $1,932
$1,500 $1,600 $1,700 $1,800 $1,900 2026
  • 30540$1,475
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 30540

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 30540 $395,151 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 30540$395,151
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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11.8 30705 Chatsworth 33,726 $1,050 $246,103
12.0 30536 Ellijay 9,398 — $432,745
12.2 30522 Cherry Log 713 — $483,056
12.5 30175 Talking Rock 6,088 — $387,387
13.0 30541 Epworth 2,393 — $427,894
14.6 30513 Blue Ridge 11,791 $2,000 $517,528
16.2 30734 Ranger 2,803 — $324,233
16.5 30708 Cisco 285 — $157,097
18.5 30555 McCaysville 2,607 — $321,709
18.9 30711 Crandall 3,235 — $219,140
19.3 30143 Jasper 26,604 $2,171 $426,671

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