Zip lookup · GA

39842
Albany, Georgia.

Albany, Terrell County, GA · Albany, GA metro · population 7,831

What it costs per month · 39842 $629/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$364 (+137%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $6,610 +6%
$113,200$119,810 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $33,202 +38%
$86,608$119,810 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 39842 $629 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 39842$629
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.

Typical home values in zip 39842 rose 5.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Terrell County, GA 100% · Calhoun County, GA 0%

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

Typical home value $119,810 as of Sep 2026
+5.8%year on year

Typical home value — 39842

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 39842 $119,810 Albany $167,544 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 39842$119,810
  • Albany$167,544
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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8.2 39826 Bronwood 500 — $102,970
10.3 39886 Shellman 1,386 — $132,576
11.7 39877 Parrott 393 — $145,574
15.0 31787 Smithville 1,122 — $156,951
16.7 39866 Morgan 2,048 — $121,567
17.4 31763 Leesburg 29,271 $1,467 $261,558
18.2 31707 Albany 22,679 $914 $139,417
18.7 39840 Cuthbert 4,469 — $83,235
19.0 31780 Plains 1,767 — $112,410
19.1 31721 Albany 19,435 $1,425 $240,427

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