Acworth, Georgia.
Typical home $407,090 (-2.0% in a year), asking rent $2,104 (+0.6%). Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,155 (+118%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $8,147 -2%
- $415,237$407,090 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $64,605 +19%
- $342,485$407,090 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.
- Acworth$2,137
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 20 years.
Typical home values in Acworth, GA fell 2.0% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Asking rents in Acworth, GA rose 0.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +2.7%.
Owning the typical home in Acworth runs $695/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $1,010 in Oct 2023.
That is $2,799 a month against $2,104 rent: a $2,137 mortgage payment, plus $227 property tax and $436 insurance & upkeep.
Owning vs renting — Acworth
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.
- Owning all in$2,799
- Renting$2,104
- Mortgage only$2,137
Property tax · $227/mo 0.67% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Cobb County, GA
Insurance & upkeep · $436/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.
Living in Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia
Acworth is a city of 22,440 people in Cobb County. Half its households earn more than $83,539 a year and half less, against $102,738 across Cobb County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 60% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 40% are rented. Unemployment in Cobb County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Acworth is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, with a population that has settled into a mix of working-age adults and families. Household incomes here run below the county's, and more homes are lived in by renters than you might expect in much of the suburban South, though most are still lived in by their owners. Winters are mild and short, with a little snow, and summers are hot and wet through much of the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, or in shops and professional and business services. Walmart, Target and Publix Super Markets are among the largest workplaces in Acworth itself. Commutes are fairly long, and a noticeable group of residents work from home.
Things to do. Close by, the Etowah Indian Mounds is an archaeological site a short drive away, and Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is also a short drive from town. Fifth Third Stadium, also a short drive away, is a place to watch games. For a bigger outing, Georgia Aquarium and Mercedes-Benz Stadium are a longer drive away.
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- 8,903households
- 34%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 16%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Cobb County had 381,663 jobs in 2025, 0.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 52° and lows near 31°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 68°. About 4 inches of snow and 54 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Dallas Northeast weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Acworth
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters363
- TargetDiscount department stores219
- Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores156
- Grace ManagementAssisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities136
- Lowe's Companies, INCHomecenter124
- Ingles MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores102
- Arbor Terrace AcworthAssisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities99
- Cobblestone Golf CourseGolf and country clubs95
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 15 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,549 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HailRelatively moderate
- Tornadoesrelatively high in parts of AcworthRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Acworth’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Cobb County and the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
Acworth home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Acworth$407,090
- Georgia$329,115
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Acworth listings, and the typical home goes pending in 49 days — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Acworth34.02%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Acworth49
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Acworth559
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Acworth129
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Acworth$419,857
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Acworth98.09%
Zip codes with a Acworth address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Acworth — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Acworth
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30101 | Acworth | 62,593 | $2,177 | $432,789 |
| 30102 | Acworth | 45,319 | $2,043 | $378,419 |