Pelham, Georgia.
Typical home $148,802 (+5.2% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$457 (+141%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,325 +5%
- $141,477$148,802 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $37,059 +33%
- $111,743$148,802 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.
- Pelham$781
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Pelham, GA rose 5.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Pelham, Mitchell County, Georgia
Pelham is a city of 3,507 people in Mitchell County. Unemployment in Mitchell County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Mitchell County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Pelham is a small city in Mitchell County, in southwest Georgia. Homes here cost less than in much of the country, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot and rainy, with plenty of rain through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, retail and government close behind. Across Mitchell County, some of the largest workplaces are Keystone Foods, which processes poultry, Mitchell County Schools and Walmart. Very few people work from home, so most travel to a job site.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Tired Creek Lake is a reservoir and Lake Murphy is a lake, both a longer drive away. Pebble Hill Plantation is a museum, also a longer drive away, and is one of the better known places in the area. The Lapham–Patterson House is another museum a longer drive away.
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- 1,267households
- 5%of adults have a degree
- 4%work from home
What people in Mitchell County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Mitchell County had 6,497 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 60° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 72°. About 52 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Camilla Southeast weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Mitchell County
- Keystone FoodsPoultry processing1,926
- Mitchell County SchoolsSchool district286FTE
- Pelham City SchoolsSchool district193FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters171
- State Specialty Schools II- Baconton Community Charter SchSchool district116FTE
- Keystone FoodsPoultry hatcheries66
- Liquid TransportTank trailer, liquid and dry bulk, manufacturing63
- Keystone FoodsOther animal food manufacturing51
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 12 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,499 people in all across the county; Pelham has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- TornadoesVery high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of PelhamRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Pelham’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Mitchell County.
Pelham home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Pelham$148,802
- Georgia$329,115
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 11 Pelham 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.
- Pelham8.88%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Pelham38
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Pelham8
Zip codes with a Pelham address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Pelham — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.