Forsyth, Georgia.
Typical home $323,580 (+3.0% in a year). Macon-Bibb County, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$927 (+120%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $9,367 +3%
- $314,212$323,580 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $66,875 +26%
- $256,705$323,580 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.
- Forsyth$1,698
- 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 Forsyth, GA rose 3.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia
Forsyth is a city of 4,384 people in Monroe County. 57% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 43% are rented. Unemployment in Monroe County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 3.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in government, 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Forsyth is a small city and the seat of Monroe County, Georgia. Most homes are lived in by their owners, though not by as wide a margin as in many places, and a notable part of the population lives below the poverty line. Winters are mild, with January the coldest month and days that stay cool rather than freezing, and summers turn hot by July.
Work. Many residents work in government, in schools, hospitals and social care, or in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, with professional and business services close behind. Among the largest workplaces in Forsyth are Monroe County Schools, Walmart and Monroe County Hospital. The commute is a fairly typical one for the country, few people work from home, and the job market across Monroe County has been growing a little.
Things to do. The Towaliga River is a short drive away, a pleasant stretch of water close to town. A longer drive brings you to High Falls State Park, a protected area, and to Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, an archaeological site. Both make a good day out from Forsyth.
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- 1,852households
- 28%of adults have a degree
- 22%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Monroe County had 8,368 jobs in 2025, 3.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 56° and lows near 34°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 70°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the The Rock Rch weather station, 18 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Forsyth
- Monroe County SchoolsSchool district648FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters270
- Ingles MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores144
- IPL SchoellerPails, plastics, manufacturing79
- Monroe County HospitalCritical access hospital76FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 493 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- Strong windRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Forsyth’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 Monroe County and the Macon-Bibb County, GA metro.
Forsyth home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Forsyth$323,580
- Georgia$329,115
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Forsyth 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.
- Forsyth27.10%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Forsyth90
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Forsyth22
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Forsyth address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Forsyth — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.