Jasper, Georgia.
Typical home $377,076 (+1.3% in a year), asking rent $2,035 . Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,151 (+139%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,887 +1%
- $372,189$377,076 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $76,963 +26%
- $300,113$377,076 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.
- Jasper$1,979
- 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 Jasper, GA rose 1.3% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia
Jasper is a city of 4,084 people in Pickens County. Half its households earn more than $52,442 a year and half less, against $78,930 across Pickens County. 50% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 50% are rented. Unemployment in Pickens County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 4.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then construction.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Jasper is a small city and the seat of Pickens County, in the north Georgia hills. The population is young for a town of its size, and incomes in the town run well below the county's as a whole. Homes here are split about evenly between owners and renters, and the typical home value and monthly rent are shown alongside this text. Winters are cool, with only a little snow, and summers are warm; the year is wet overall.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in the building trades, in manufacturing and in shops. The largest workplaces in Jasper include Piedmont Mountainside Hospital, Walmart and QSR, a Datwyler company, which makes rubber goods. Fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than you might expect, and a fair number work from home, while the typical commute is a long one. Unemployment in the county has stayed low, and the county has added jobs over the past year.
Things to do. Sequoyah Lake, a reservoir, and Ball Creek, a small river, are both a short drive away. For a longer outing, Amicalola Falls is a waterfall in a state park, and the Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest offers a large stretch of protected woodland. Both are a longer drive from town.
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- 1,694households
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 30 mintypical commute
- 15%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Pickens County had 9,658 jobs in 2025, 4.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 48° and lows near 31°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 67°. About 2 inches of snow and 59 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Jasper Nnw weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Jasper
- Piedmont Mountainside HospitalGeneral hospital462FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters251
- QSR, a Datwyler companyRubber goods, mechanical, manufacturing144
- Kroger Atlanta KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores128
- Ingles MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores127
- Amicalola EMC- HDQDistribution of electric power104
- Daystar ApparelApparel manufacturer46
- Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs32
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,386 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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
- LightningRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Jasper’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 Pickens County and the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
Jasper home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Jasper$377,076
- Georgia$329,115
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Jasper listings, and the typical home goes pending in 72 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.
- Jasper27.09%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Jasper72
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Jasper305
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Jasper52
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Jasper$399,297
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Jasper97.08%
Zip codes with a Jasper address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Jasper — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.