Lithonia, Georgia.
Typical home $245,193 (-4.5% in a year), asking rent $1,681 (+1.5%). Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$676 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $11,429 -4%
- $256,622$245,193 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $21,712 +10%
- $223,481$245,193 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.
- Lithonia$1,287
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 37 years.
Typical home values in Lithonia, GA fell 4.5% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Asking rents in Lithonia, GA rose 1.5% over the past year — slower than the nation's +2.7%.
Owning the typical home in Lithonia runs $57/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $461 in Oct 2023.
That is $1,738 a month against $1,681 rent: a $1,287 mortgage payment, plus $189 property tax and $262 insurance & upkeep.
Owning vs renting — Lithonia
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$1,738
- Renting$1,681
- Mortgage only$1,287
Property tax · $189/mo 0.93% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Dekalb County, GA
Insurance & upkeep · $262/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 Lithonia, DeKalb County, Georgia
Lithonia is a city of 2,662 people in DeKalb County. Unemployment in DeKalb County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then government.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Lithonia is a small city in DeKalb County, with a younger population than many towns of its size and incomes that run below the county's. Homes here cost less than the typical cost of renting is hard to ignore, though, and rents are not low, which matters to anyone weighing whether to buy or lease. Winters are cool and short, with the coldest weather in January, summers are hot, and the year brings plenty of rain.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in government, in professional and business services, and in manufacturing. Among the largest workplaces in Lithonia are the Veterans Health Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, along with a grocery store. Fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than is typical, commutes are long, and few people work from home.
Things to do. Most of the places people head to for a day out are a longer drive away, in and around Atlanta. Georgia Aquarium is one of the best known, and Zoo Atlanta and the High Museum of Art offer a quieter afternoon indoors or out. The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum is another longer drive for those who enjoy history.
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- 1,005households
- 22%of adults have a degree
- 20%below the poverty line
- 42 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. DeKalb County had 312,426 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 52° and lows near 33°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 70°. About 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Atlanta Peachtree Airport weather station, 16 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lithonia
- LithoniaMail and parcel delivery91
- Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs52
- WayfieldfoodsGrocery stores42
- Federal Emergency Management AgencyFederal government · Department of Homeland Security34
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 133 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
- HailRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lithonia’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 DeKalb County and the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
Lithonia home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Lithonia$245,193
- 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 4 Lithonia listings, and the typical home goes pending in 42 days — the market is heating up.
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.
- Lithonia25.71%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Lithonia42
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Lithonia565
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Lithonia125
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Lithonia$244,940
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Lithonia98.99%
Zip codes with a Lithonia address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Lithonia — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Lithonia
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30058 | Lithonia | 62,614 | $1,710 | $243,564 |
| 30038 | Lithonia | 43,776 | $1,680 | $250,355 |