Zip lookup · GA

31721
Albany, Georgia.

Albany, Dougherty County, GA · Albany, GA metro · population 19,435

What it costs per month · 31721 $1,262/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$702 (+125%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $4,902 +2%
$235,525$240,427 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $57,485 +31%
$182,942$240,427 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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 31721 $1,262 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 31721$1,262
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.

Typical home values in zip 31721 rose 2.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 4 counties: Dougherty County, GA 83% · Baker County, GA 16% · Lee County, GA 1% · Terrell County, GA 1%

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Albany, GA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Asking rent $1,425 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $240,427 as of Sep 2026
+2.1%year on year

Asking rent — 31721

Against the Albany, GA metro and the national benchmark.

$1,000 $1,250 $1,500 $1,750 2026 31721 $1,425 Albany $1,077 United States $1,932
$1,000 $1,250 $1,500 $1,750 2026
  • 31721$1,425
  • Albany$1,077
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 31721

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 31721 $240,427 Albany $167,544 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 31721$240,427
  • Albany$167,544
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

10 mi 20 mi 50 mi
Miles Zip City Population Rent Home value
7.9 31707 Albany 22,679 $914 $139,417
9.8 31701 Albany 16,135 $788 $80,913
13.0 39862 Leary 875 — $111,176
14.5 39870 Newton 1,794 — $107,323
14.7 31705 Albany 30,791 $996 $89,616
14.9 31716 Baconton 2,481 — $168,093
18.1 39866 Morgan 2,048 — $121,567
18.4 31763 Leesburg 29,271 $1,467 $261,558
19.1 39842 Dawson 7,831 — $119,810

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.