Bethlehem, Georgia.
Typical home $368,425 (-1.9% in a year), asking rent $2,063 (+6.2%). Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,123 (+139%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $7,132 -2%
- $375,557$368,425 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $74,977 +26%
- $293,448$368,425 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.
- Bethlehem$1,934
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Bethlehem, GA fell 1.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Asking rents in Bethlehem, GA rose 6.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +2.7%.
Owning the typical home in Bethlehem runs $505/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $646 in Jul 2025.
That is $2,569 a month against $2,063 rent: a $1,934 mortgage payment, plus $240 property tax and $394 insurance & upkeep.
Owning vs renting — Bethlehem
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$2,569
- Renting$2,063
- Mortgage only$1,934
Property tax · $240/mo 0.78% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Barrow County, GA
Insurance & upkeep · $394/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 Bethlehem, Barrow County, Georgia
Bethlehem is a town of 715 people in Barrow County. 76% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 24% are rented. Unemployment in Barrow County was 2.9% in August 2026, and the county had 3.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in shops, then schools and health care.
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. Bethlehem is a very small town in Barrow County, Georgia, with a young population compared with much of the country. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and renting is the less common choice. Winters are mild and rarely bring snow, summers are hot, and rain falls steadily through the year.
Work. Many residents work in shops, in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, and in the building trades. Some of the largest workplaces in town are tied to poultry, including the Harrison Poultry Processing Plant and Harrison Poultry Live Production. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and the daily drive to work takes a fair while for most people.
Things to do. Fort Yargo State Park is in or beside town, a protected area for time outdoors. The Barrow County Museum is a short drive away. Lake Lanier, a large reservoir, is a longer drive away, and so is Road Atlanta, a race track.
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- 17%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 29 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Barrow County had 24,813 jobs in 2025, 3.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 54° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 68°. About 51 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Winder 4S weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bethlehem
- Harrison Poultry Processing PlantPoultry processing1,052
- Harrison Poultry Live ProductionPoultry hatcheries24
- BethlehemMail and parcel delivery20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,096 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
- LightningRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bethlehem’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 Barrow County and the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
Bethlehem home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bethlehem$368,425
- 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 Bethlehem listings — 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.
- Bethlehem35.85%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Bethlehem103
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Bethlehem15
Zip codes with a Bethlehem address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bethlehem — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.