Stockbridge, Georgia.
Typical home $289,603 (-2.7% in a year), asking rent $1,684 (+3.5%). Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$831 (+121%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $7,887 -3%
- $297,490$289,603 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $41,207 +17%
- $248,396$289,603 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.
- Stockbridge$1,520
- 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 Stockbridge, GA fell 2.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Asking rents in Stockbridge, GA rose 3.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +2.7%.
Owning the typical home in Stockbridge runs $357/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $732 in Oct 2023.
That is $2,041 a month against $1,684 rent: a $1,520 mortgage payment, plus $211 property tax and $310 insurance & upkeep.
Owning vs renting — Stockbridge
The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.
- Owning all in$2,041
- Renting$1,684
- Mortgage only$1,520
Property tax · $211/mo 0.87% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Henry County, GA
Insurance & upkeep · $310/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.
Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.
Living in Stockbridge, Henry County, Georgia
Stockbridge is a city of 28,973 people in Henry County. Half its households earn more than $70,136 a year and half less, against $83,146 across Henry County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. 56% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 44% are rented. Unemployment in Stockbridge was 3.8% in August 2026, and Henry County had 1.8% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then transport and warehouses.
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. Stockbridge is a city in Henry County, Georgia, with a population on the younger side of middle age. Household incomes are below the county's, and about as many homes are lived in by their owners as are rented, with owners holding a modest majority. Winters are cool and rarely bring snow, summers are hot, and rain falls steadily through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in transport, warehouses and utilities, in shops, and in government. Walmart, Publix Super Markets and Davis Development are among the largest workplaces in the city itself. Commutes tend to be long, and only a small number of people work from home.
Things to do. Most outings from Stockbridge mean a longer drive. The Georgia Aquarium and Zoo Atlanta are both well-known places for a day out, and the High Museum of Art is a draw for those who like galleries. Sports fans can also head to Truist Park, a stadium, though it too is a longer drive away.
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- 14,320households
- 32%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 31 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Henry County had 75,454 jobs in 2025, 1.8% 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, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Stockbridge
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters386
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters338
- Davis DevelopmentApartment building rental or leasing227
- Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores162
- Creative MultiCareCarpet cleaning services100
- StockbridgeMail and parcel delivery96
- Morrow Construction CoMultifamily building construction general contractors84
- Waste Industries AtlantaGarbage collection services75
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 18 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,973 people in all. 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 StockbridgeRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Stockbridge’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 Henry County and the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
Stockbridge home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Stockbridge$289,603
- 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 Stockbridge listings, and the typical home goes pending in 32 days — the market is heating up.
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.
- Stockbridge26.99%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Stockbridge32
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Stockbridge315
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Stockbridge75
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Stockbridge$273,398
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Stockbridge98.03%
Zip codes with a Stockbridge address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Stockbridge — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.