Blackshear, Georgia.
Typical home $209,540 (+4.5% in a year). Waycross, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$641 (+140%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $8,936 +4%
- $200,604$209,540 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $55,815 +36%
- $153,725$209,540 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.
- Blackshear$1,100
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Blackshear, GA rose 4.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Blackshear, Pierce County, Georgia
Blackshear is a city of 3,506 people in Pierce County. 61% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 39% are rented. Unemployment in Pierce County was 3.7% in August 2026, and the county had 2.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Pierce County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Blackshear is a small city and the seat of Pierce County in southeast Georgia. Most homes here are lived in by their owners, and typical home values sit at a level many homeowners would find modest compared with much of the country. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot and wet, with plenty of rain through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, shops, and transport and warehousing. Among the largest workplaces in Blackshear are Pierce County Schools, Steel & Metal Systems and UPS. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than is typical nationally, and very few work from home, so most people travel to a job site. Unemployment across Pierce County has eased a little over the past year, and the county has added jobs.
Things to do. The Alabaha River is a short drive away and is the nearest spot for time on the water. A longer drive brings you to Laura S. Walker State Park, a protected area with room to walk and spend a day outdoors. Okefenokee Swamp Park, also a longer drive, is a museum-style visit centered on the nearby swamp.
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- 1,580households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 4%work from home
What people in Pierce County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Pierce County had 4,650 jobs in 2025, 2.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 64° and lows near 37°; warmest in July, with highs near 94° and lows near 71°. About 50 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Waycross Northeast weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Blackshear
- Pierce County SchoolsSchool district514FTE
- Steel & Metal SystemsBuildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing96
- UPSCouriers and express delivery services87
- American Egg ProductsEggs, processed, manufacturing61
- Southern Crown Partners LLC - BLKBeer merchant wholesalers52
- Roll Up DoorBuildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing45
- South Georgia Staff ServicesStaff leasing services43
- BlackshearMail and parcel delivery32
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 416 people in all. 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
- HurricanesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- Tornadoesrelatively high in parts of BlackshearRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of BlackshearRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Blackshear’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 Pierce County and the Waycross, GA metro.
Blackshear home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Blackshear$209,540
- Georgia$329,115
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Blackshear 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.
- Blackshear23.36%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Blackshear84
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Blackshear17
Zip codes with a Blackshear address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Blackshear — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.