Enigma, Georgia.
Typical home $154,412 (+2.1% in a year). Tifton, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$372 (+85%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,133 +2%
- $151,279$154,412 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $1,941 +1%
- $152,471$154,412 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.
- Enigma$810
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Enigma, GA rose 2.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Enigma, Berrien County, Georgia
Enigma is a town of 1,058 people in Berrien County. Unemployment in Berrien County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 4.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Berrien County work in manufacturing, 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Enigma is a very small town in south Georgia, in Berrien County, where neighbors tend to know one another. Homes here cost well below what is typical across much of the country, and household incomes in the county run below the national level. Few adults have a four-year degree, and very few people work from home.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in the building trades. Across Berrien County, the largest workplaces include Berrien County Schools, BH Electronics and Dupont Pine Products. Unemployment in the county is lower than it was a year ago, and the county has added jobs over the past year.
Things to do. Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area, and Reed Bingham State Park are both a longer drive away and suit anyone who likes time outdoors. The Satilla River is also a longer drive away for those who prefer to be on the water. Winters are mild with little or no snow, summers are hot, and the year brings plenty of rain, so outdoor outings are possible in most seasons.
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- 6%of adults have a degree
- 2%work from home
What people in Berrien County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Berrien County had 3,953 jobs in 2025, 4.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 59° and lows near 37°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 70°. About 48 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Tifton weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Berrien County
- Berrien County SchoolsSchool district435FTE
- Willacoochee Industrial Fabrics - NashvilleFabric finishing163
- veredSkilled nursing facilities115
- BH ElectronicsTransformers, electronic component-types, manufacturing87
- Dupont Pine ProductsSawmills73
- Patrick IndustriesBoat transporter trailers, multi-unit, manufacturing68
- Food LionGrocery store57
- Atlas ManufacturingField nurseries42
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 626 people in all across the county; Enigma 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
- HurricanesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively 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 Enigma’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 Berrien County and the Tifton, GA metro.
Enigma home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Enigma$154,412
- Georgia$329,115
- United States$366,157
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Enigma6
Zip codes with a Enigma address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Enigma — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.