Waco, Georgia.
Typical home $220,662 (+3.3% in a year). Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$718 (+163%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,953 +3%
- $213,709$220,662 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $53,503 +32%
- $167,159$220,662 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.
- Waco$1,158
- 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 Waco, GA rose 3.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Waco, Haralson County, Georgia
Waco is a city of 536 people in Haralson County. Unemployment in Haralson County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 5.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Haralson County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Waco is a very small city in Haralson County, Georgia, where most neighbors are likely to know one another by sight. Few adults here hold a four-year degree, and homes are valued below what is typical across much of the country, so the town has a modest, settled feel. Winters are mild and rarely bring snow, summers are hot, and rain falls plentifully through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing, and in the building trades, with some in professional and business services. Across Haralson County, the largest workplaces include Minebea AccessSolutions USA, West Georgia Technical College and Honda Transmission Mfg - Georgia Campus. Unemployment across the county is slightly lower than a year ago, and the county has gained jobs over the past year.
Things to do. John Tanner State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away and is the nearest place for time outdoors. University Stadium is also a short drive off, for anyone who likes a game. For a longer outing, the Southeastern Quilt & Textile Museum is a longer drive away, as is the Little Tallapoosa River.
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- 5%of adults have a degree
- 10%work from home
What people in Haralson County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Haralson County had 8,149 jobs in 2025, 5.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 54° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 69°. About 1 inches of snow and 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Carrollton weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Haralson County
- Minebea AccessSolutions USAAutomotive mirrors, framed, manufacturing670
- West Georgia Technical CollegeTwo-year college625
- Honda Transmission Mfg - Georgia CampusAutomatic transmissions, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing547
- Haralson County SchoolsSchool district503FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters331
- Bremen City SchoolsSchool district279FTE
- Whirlwind Steel Buildings TallapoosaPrefabricated buildings, metal, manufacturing250
- DYMA Brands (Formally Diamond Crystal Brands) BremenHoney processing213
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 22 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,518 people in all across the county; Waco has two of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts 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
- TornadoesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Waco’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 Haralson County and the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
Waco home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Waco$220,662
- 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 Waco address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Waco — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.