Garfield, Georgia.
Typical home $204,639 (+11.8% in a year). Statesboro, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$661 (+160%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $21,658 +12%
- $182,982$204,639 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $60,074 +42%
- $144,565$204,639 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.
- Garfield$1,074
- 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 Garfield, GA rose 11.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Garfield, Emanuel County, Georgia
Garfield is a city of 257 people in Emanuel County. Unemployment in Emanuel County was 3.7% in August 2026, and the county had 2.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Emanuel County work in schools and health care, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Garfield is a very small city in Emanuel County, Georgia, with far fewer residents than most towns people think of when they picture a city. Homes here are typically valued well below what buyers pay in many parts of the country. Winters are mild and rarely bring snow, while summers turn hot, and the year brings a good deal of rain.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing and in the building trades. Across Emanuel County, the largest workplaces include Emanuel County Schools, Walmart and Emanuel Medical Center. Unemployment across the county is lower than a year ago, and the county has added jobs over the past year. Commutes tend to be long, which suggests many people travel some distance to reach their jobs.
Things to do. George L. Smith State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away, and Magnolia Springs State Park is a longer drive. For a day out, Georgia Southern Botanical Garden is a longer drive too. Bark Camp Creek, a river, is also a longer drive for those who like to be near water.
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- 39 mintypical commute
What people in Emanuel County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Emanuel County had 7,229 jobs in 2025, 2.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 57° and lows near 34°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 70°. About 46 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Midville Experiment Station weather station, 17 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Emanuel County
- Emanuel County SchoolsSchool district644FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters294
- Emanuel Medical CenterGeneral hospital245FTE
- Wincore Window CompanyScreening, window, plastics, manufacturing215
- East Georgia State CollegeUniversity or college199
- Interfor Swainsboro DivisionDimension lumber, made from logs or bolts150
- Jemison Metals - SBOMetals service centers136
- UPSCouriers and express delivery services132
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 15 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,347 people in all across the county; Garfield has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (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
- TornadoesRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively 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 Garfield’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 Emanuel County and the Statesboro, GA metro.
Garfield home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Garfield$204,639
- 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.
- Garfield5
Zip codes with a Garfield address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Garfield — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.