Morrow, Georgia.
Typical home $222,357 (-5.0% in a year). Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$635 (+119%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $11,758 -5%
- $234,115$222,357 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $31,423 +16%
- $190,933$222,357 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.
- Morrow$1,167
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 23 years.
Typical home values in Morrow, GA fell 5.0% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Morrow, Clayton County, Georgia
Morrow is a city of 6,569 people in Clayton County. 52% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 48% are rented. Unemployment in Clayton County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in other services, 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Morrow is a city in Clayton County, Georgia, and its residents are younger than in most American communities. About as many homes are lived in by their owners as by renters, and typical home values sit in a middle range. Incomes run a little below those across the county as a whole, and a four-year degree is less common among adults than in many places. Winters are cool and short, with January days that stay above freezing and nights that dip to about the freezing mark, snow is rare, and summers are hot. Rain falls generously through the year.
Work. Residents work in a mix of fields, including other services, professional and business services, manufacturing, and schools, hospitals and social care. Among the largest workplaces in Morrow are Clayton State University, Walmart and Costco Wholesale. Commutes are of a middling length, and only a small number of people work from home. Across Clayton County, unemployment has eased a little compared with a year earlier, though the number of jobs has slipped slightly.
Things to do. The Flint River is a short drive away and offers a change of pace outdoors. A longer drive brings you to Atlanta's best-known attractions, including Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which hosts football and soccer matches, and the Georgia Aquarium. Zoo Atlanta and the High Museum of Art are also within a longer drive.
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- 1,726households
- 15%of adults have a degree
- 19%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Clayton County had 129,649 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 53° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 70°. About 1 inches of snow and 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Jonesboro weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Morrow
- Clayton State UniversityUniversity or college633
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters340
- Costco WholesaleWholesale grocer181
- Macy'sDepartment stores125
- New Image Dental LaboratoryDental laboratories86
- United Education Institute-MorrowCareer school70
- Social Security AdministrationFederal government52
- PACCAR Parts - AtlantaGeneral warehousing and storage51
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 13 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,021 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices 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
- Tornadoesrelatively high in parts of MorrowRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of MorrowRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Lightningrelatively high in parts of MorrowRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Morrow’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 Clayton County and the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
Morrow home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Morrow$222,357
- 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 Morrow listings — 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.
- Morrow31.98%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Morrow22
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Morrow6
Zip codes with a Morrow address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Morrow — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.