Perry, Georgia.
Typical home $274,635 (+2.5% in a year), asking rent $1,759 . Warner Robins, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$815 (+130%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,728 +3%
- $267,907$274,635 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $72,813 +36%
- $201,822$274,635 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.
- Perry$1,441
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Perry, GA rose 2.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Perry, Houston County, Georgia
Perry is a city of 20,624 people in Houston County. Half its households earn more than $76,909 a year and half less, against $80,698 across Houston County; 14% of its people live below the poverty line. 65% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 35% are rented. Unemployment in Houston County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Perry is a city in Houston County, Georgia, with a population that skews a little younger than the country as a whole. Most homes are lived in by their owners, though renters make up a real part of the town. Household incomes run somewhat below the county's, and a four-year degree is held by a minority of adults. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, summers are hot, and rain falls fairly generously through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, and in government. Among the largest workplaces in Perry are Houston County Schools, Emory Perry, a hospital, and Walmart. Unemployment in the county is low and has eased slightly over the past year, though the county has a few fewer jobs than it did a year earlier. The usual trip to work is moderate in length, and some people work from home.
Things to do. Houston Lake, a reservoir, is a short drive away and is the nearest place for time on the water. Farther afield, Massee Lane Gardens is a botanical garden, and Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park is an archaeological site, both a longer drive away. The Museum of Aviation is also a longer drive from town.
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- 9,051households
- 29%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Houston County had 65,359 jobs in 2025, 0.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 36°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° 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 Warner Robins weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Perry
- Houston County SchoolsSchool district4,347FTE
- USG Water SolutionsEngineering structure painting875
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters287
- Crossroads Medical ManagementAssisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities250
- Emory PerryGeneral medical and surgical hospitals245
- Florida Concrete ServicesFooting and foundation concrete contractors203
- Interfor US, Inc. - Perry DivisionSawmills170
- Parrish Construction GroupCommercial building construction159
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 18 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,803 people in all. 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
- LightningRelatively high
- Heat wavesrelatively high in parts of PerryRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Tornadoesrelatively high in parts of PerryRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Perry’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 Houston County and the Warner Robins, GA metro.
Perry home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Perry$274,635
- 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 Perry listings, and the typical home goes pending in 28 days — the market is cooling.
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.
- Perry23.83%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Perry28
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Perry130
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Perry35
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Perry$266,191
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Perry98.44%
Zip codes with a Perry address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Perry — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.