Grovetown, Georgia.
Typical home $305,052 (+1.4% in a year), asking rent $1,775 (+2.1%). Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$839 (+110%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,309 +1%
- $300,743$305,052 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $51,612 +20%
- $253,440$305,052 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.
- Grovetown$1,601
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.
Typical home values in Grovetown, GA rose 1.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Asking rents in Grovetown, GA rose 2.1% over the past year — slower than the nation's +2.7%.
Owning the typical home in Grovetown runs $363/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $571 in Oct 2023.
That is $2,137 a month against $1,775 rent: a $1,601 mortgage payment, plus $209 property tax and $327 insurance & upkeep.
Owning vs renting — Grovetown
The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.
- Owning all in$2,137
- Renting$1,775
- Mortgage only$1,601
Property tax · $209/mo 0.82% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Columbia County, GA
Insurance & upkeep · $327/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.
Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.
Living in Grovetown, Columbia County, Georgia
Grovetown is a city of 15,577 people in Columbia County. Half its households earn more than $85,660 a year and half less, against $95,592 across Columbia County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 59% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 41% are rented. Unemployment in Columbia County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 8.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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. Grovetown is a city in Columbia County, Georgia, on the Augusta side of the metro area. It is a young place, with residents who are younger than in much of the country, and household incomes sit below the county's. Most homes are lived in by their owners, though a good number of households rent, and the typical home value and rent here are both on the higher side for the region. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than not.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by professional and business services, restaurants and hotels, and retail. The largest workplaces in Grovetown include GIW Industries, a maker of centrifugal pumps, along with Walmart and the Veterans Health Administration. Jobs across Columbia County grew over the past year, and unemployment there is slightly lower than a year ago. The typical commute is a moderate one each way, and a small share of people work from home.
Things to do. Fort Gordon, a military fort, and Augusta International Raceway, a race track, are both a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Lake Strom Thurmond, a large reservoir good for time on the water, and to Mistletoe State Park, a protected area on its shore. Winters are mild, with cool days and chilly nights in January, and summers turn hot, with July the warmest month.
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- 5,647households
- 29%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Columbia County had 42,806 jobs in 2025, 8.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 40°; warmest in July, with highs near 94° and lows near 74°. About 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Augusta Daniel Field Airport weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Grovetown
- GIW Industries, Inc. - Grovetown, GaCentrifugal pumps manufacturing580
- WalmartSupermarkets and other grocery stores118
- Floco FoodsGrocery stores36
- Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs27
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 734 people in all. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026). 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
- Ice stormsrelatively high in parts of GrovetownRelatively moderate
- Strong windrelatively high in parts of GrovetownRelatively moderate
- Lightningrelatively high in parts of GrovetownRelatively moderate
- 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 Grovetown’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 Columbia County and the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro.
Grovetown home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Grovetown$305,052
- Georgia$329,115
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Grovetown listings, and the typical home goes pending in 37 days — 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.
- Grovetown29.04%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Grovetown37
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Grovetown310
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Grovetown76
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Grovetown$293,927
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Grovetown98.89%
Zip codes with a Grovetown address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Grovetown — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.