Cornelia, Georgia.
Typical home $301,273 (+1.5% in a year), asking rent $1,607 . Cornelia, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$978 (+162%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,344 +1%
- $296,928$301,273 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $86,156 +40%
- $215,116$301,273 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.
- Cornelia$1,581
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Cornelia, GA rose 1.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Cornelia, Habersham County, Georgia
Cornelia is a city of 4,503 people in Habersham County. Unemployment in Habersham County was 2.9% in August 2026, and the county had 5.0% more 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Cornelia is a small city in Habersham County, in the north Georgia foothills. Winters are cool and seldom snowy, with only a dusting in a typical year, and summers are warm. Rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year, in amounts that keep the surrounding country green.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by restaurants, hotels and entertainment, manufacturing, and shops. Walmart, GlobalTech Industries and Lowe S of Cornelia are among the largest workplaces in the city. The county has been adding jobs, and unemployment there is a little lower than a year ago. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and most people travel to work rather than working from home.
Things to do. The Chenocetah Fire Tower is a tourist attraction in or beside town. A short drive away are Nancy Town Creek and the Soque River, both good for time beside the water. Farther afield, a longer drive brings you to waterfalls such as Toccoa Falls and Anna Ruby Falls.
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- 1,861households
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 27 mintypical commute
- 7%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Habersham County had 15,755 jobs in 2025, 5.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 49° and lows near 30°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 66°. About 1 inches of snow and 59 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cornelia weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Cornelia
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters328
- GlobalTech IndustriesCandles merchant wholesalers170
- Lowe's Companies, INCHomecenter157
- Salford BBIFertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing41
- Fieldale Farms - Product TransportationTrucking, specialized freight, local23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 719 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
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Ice stormsrelatively high in parts of CorneliaRelatively moderate
- Strong windrelatively high in parts of CorneliaRelatively moderate
- Tornadoesrelatively high in parts of CorneliaRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Cornelia’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 Habersham County and the Cornelia, GA metro.
Cornelia home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Cornelia$301,273
- Georgia$329,115
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Cornelia listings — the market is heating up.
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.
- Cornelia22.47%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Cornelia49
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Cornelia12
Zip codes with a Cornelia address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Cornelia — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.