The Rock, Georgia.
Typical home $307,844 (+10.2% in a year). Thomaston, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$989 (+158%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $28,520 +10%
- $279,324$307,844 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $81,925 +36%
- $225,919$307,844 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.
- The Rock$1,616
- 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 The Rock, GA rose 10.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in The Rock, Upson County, Georgia
The Rock, in Upson County, had 179 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Upson County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Upson 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. The Rock is a very small community in Upson County, Georgia, with far fewer residents than most towns. Homes here are valued well above what incomes in the county alone might suggest, since the county's median household income is modest next to the typical home value.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, retail and the building trades also common. Across Upson County, the biggest employers include Thomaston-Upson County Schools, Upson Regional Medical Center and Walmart. Unemployment in the county has held steady over the past year, and the number of jobs has barely changed.
Things to do. For time outdoors, High Falls State Park and Indian Springs State Park are both protected areas, and Sprewell Bluff Park is a park with access to the river, each a longer drive away. Those who like motor racing can head to Atlanta Motor Speedway, also a longer drive. Winters are mild and brief, with the coldest days in January, while summers turn hot, especially in July.
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What people in Upson County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Upson County had 7,242 jobs in 2025, 0.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 56° and lows near 34°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 70°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the The Rock Rch weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Upson County
- Thomaston-Upson County SchoolsSchool district664FTE
- Upson Regional Medical CenterGeneral hospital631FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters301
- QuadGraphicsCommercial printer227
- Tidal Wave Auto Spa Wash SupportCar washes174
- Ingles MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores150
- Dart Container - ThomastonSeptic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing116
- TenCate Protective Fabrics - Finishing PlantFabric finishing100
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 22 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,787 people in all across the county; The Rock has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in The Rock’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 Upson County and the Thomaston, GA metro.
The Rock home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- The Rock$307,844
- Georgia$329,115
- United States$366,157
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.
Zip codes with a The Rock address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls The Rock — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.