Appling, Georgia.
Typical home $456,138 (+8.5% in a year). Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,379 (+136%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $35,709 +8%
- $420,428$456,138 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $112,086 +33%
- $344,051$456,138 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.
- Appling$2,394
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Appling, GA rose 8.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Appling, Columbia County, Georgia
Appling, in Columbia County, had 658 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Columbia County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 8.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Columbia County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Appling is a very small community in Columbia County, Georgia, with far fewer residents than a typical town. Homes here are valued well above what is typical across the country, and household incomes across the county run high. Very few people live below the poverty line. Winters are mild, with January the coldest month and highs staying above freezing, while summers are hot and July is the warmest.
Work. Across Columbia County, the biggest employers include Columbia County Schools, Club Car, and John Deere Commercial Products. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and in manufacturing. Unemployment across the county is a little lower than a year ago, and the county has added jobs over the past year. The typical commute is a long one, so many people spend a good part of the day travelling to work.
Things to do. A short drive away, Lake Strom Thurmond is a large reservoir, and Mistletoe State Park is a protected area on its shore. Little River, also a short drive away, is another place to get out on the water. For a day out, Fort Gordon is a longer drive away.
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- 1%below the poverty line
- 32 mintypical commute
What people in Columbia County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Columbia County had 42,806 jobs in 2025, 8.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 57° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 70°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Appling Northwest weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Columbia County
- Columbia County SchoolsSchool district3,662FTE
- AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage2,420
- Club CarGolf carts, powered, manufacturing1,006
- AmazonCouriers and express delivery services943
- John Deere Commercial ProductsFarm tractors and attachments manufacturing611
- GIW Industries, Inc. - Grovetown, GaCentrifugal pumps manufacturing580
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters348
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters334
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 75 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 11,856 people in all across the county; Appling has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Appling’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Columbia County and the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro.
Appling home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Appling$456,138
- Georgia$329,115
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Appling listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Appling22.71%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Appling31
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Appling6
Zip codes with a Appling address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Appling — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.