Tyrone, Georgia.
Typical home $506,594 (-0.9% in a year), asking rent $2,692 . Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,400 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $4,763 -1%
- $511,357$506,594 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $88,934 +21%
- $417,660$506,594 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.
- Tyrone$2,659
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.
Typical home values in Tyrone, GA fell 0.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Tyrone, Fayette County, Georgia
Tyrone is a town of 7,658 people in Fayette County. Half its households earn more than $135,691 a year and half less, against $111,978 across Fayette County; 2% of its people live below the poverty line. 89% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 11% are rented. Unemployment in Fayette County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Tyrone is a small town in Fayette County where nearly all homes are lived in by their owners rather than rented. Household incomes run well above the county's, very few residents live below the poverty line, and most adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild, with January the coldest month, while summers are hot, and a good deal of rain and melted snow falls through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in transport, warehouses and utilities, and in government. Within Tyrone itself, the larger workplaces include Publix Super Markets, XOtech and Fairburn RMC administration. The typical commute is a long one, though a fair number of people work from home, and unemployment across Fayette County has eased slightly over the past year.
Things to do. Most outings mean a longer drive. The best known nearby places are Mercedes-Benz Stadium, a stadium for big games and events, and the Flint River, a river for a day outdoors. The Georgia Aquarium is also a longer drive away, and it makes a good trip for visiting family.
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- 2,878households
- 60%of adults have a degree
- 2%below the poverty line
- 32 mintypical commute
- 21%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Fayette County had 48,483 jobs in 2025, 1.2% fewer 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 91° and lows near 70°. About 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Atlanta weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Tyrone
- Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores179
- XOtechBase facilities operation support services107
- Fairburn RMC administrationReady-mix concrete manufacturing and distributing90
- Ga. Specialty Metal SupplyIron work, structural, contractors80
- ATLP PavestoneProducer of pavers and block66
- Oldcastle APGPrecast concrete block and brick manufacturing57
- UsmtStampings, metal, unfinished, manufacturing38
- WMC TyronePhysicians' offices30
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 669 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
- LightningRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Tyrone’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 Fayette County and the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
Tyrone home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Tyrone$506,594
- 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 Tyrone 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.
- Tyrone34.58%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Tyrone63
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Tyrone14
Zip codes with a Tyrone address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Tyrone — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.