Waverly Hall, Georgia.
Typical home $317,618 (+4.7% in a year). Columbus, GA-AL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$955 (+134%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $14,165 +5%
- $303,454$317,618 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $81,318 +34%
- $236,300$317,618 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.
- Waverly Hall$1,667
- 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 Waverly Hall, GA rose 4.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Waverly Hall, Talbot County, Georgia
Waverly Hall is a town of 638 people in Talbot County. Unemployment in Talbot County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 13.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Talbot 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Waverly Hall is a very small town in Talbot County, Georgia, where most people know one another by sight if not by name. Incomes across the county run low, though homes in town are typically worth more than that might suggest. Winters are mild, with little or no snow and cold only in January, while summers turn properly hot by July. Rain falls through the year in good measure, which keeps the countryside around town green.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, professional and business services, and shops also employing many. Across Talbot County, the largest workplaces include Talbot County Schools and the roofing contractors RL Bishop & Assoc and Clifford-Lee & Associates. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and very few work from home, so most people travel to a job, and the typical trip is a fair stretch.
Things to do. Most outings from Waverly Hall mean a longer drive. The Little White House is a museum, and F. D. Roosevelt State Park is a protected area where people walk and spend time outdoors. Callaway Gardens, a botanical garden, is a pleasant day out, and each of these is a longer drive away.
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- 18%of adults have a degree
- 27 mintypical commute
- 4%work from home
What people in Talbot County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Talbot County had 984 jobs in 2025, 13.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 56° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 68°. About 51 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Talbotton weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Talbot County
- Talbot County SchoolsSchool district92FTE
- RL Bishop & AssocRoofing contractors53
- Clifford-Lee & AssociatesRoofing contractors28
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 81 people in all across the county; Waverly Hall has none of its own. 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
- LightningVery high
- HailRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Waverly Hall’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 Talbot County and the Columbus, GA-AL metro.
Waverly Hall home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Waverly Hall$317,618
- 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.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Waverly Hall15
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Waverly Hall5
Zip codes with a Waverly Hall address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Waverly Hall — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.