Winder, Georgia.
Typical home $341,791 (-0.7% in a year), asking rent $2,081 (+3.2%). Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,058 (+144%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $2,553 -1%
- $344,345$341,791 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $77,006 +29%
- $264,785$341,791 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.
- Winder$1,794
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in Winder, GA fell 0.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Asking rents in Winder, GA rose 3.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +2.7%.
Owning the typical home in Winder runs $302/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $497 in Oct 2023.
That is $2,383 a month against $2,081 rent: a $1,794 mortgage payment, plus $223 property tax and $366 insurance & upkeep.
Owning vs renting — Winder
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$2,383
- Renting$2,081
- Mortgage only$1,794
Property tax · $223/mo 0.78% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Barrow County, GA
Insurance & upkeep · $366/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 Winder, Barrow County, Georgia
Winder is a city of 18,338 people in Barrow County. Half its households earn more than $63,779 a year and half less, against $80,653 across Barrow County; 13% of its people live below the poverty line. 67% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 33% are rented. Unemployment in Barrow County was 2.9% in August 2026, and the county had 3.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
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. Winder is a small city and the seat of Barrow County in Georgia. Its residents are somewhat younger than in many American towns, and most homes are lived in by their owners, though renters make up a real part of the town. Incomes run below the county's, and typical home values and rents are on the high side. Few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild and short, with little or no snow, summers are hot, and rain falls steadily through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing, and in professional and business services. Among the largest workplaces in Winder are Barrow County Schools, Ingles Markets and the hospital, Ngmc Barrow. Unemployment in Barrow County is low and has barely moved over the past year, and the county has added jobs. A typical commute is a long one, and few people work from home.
Things to do. Fort Yargo State Park, a protected area, lies in or beside town, as does the Barrow County Museum, which is a good place to learn the local history. The Mulberry River is a short drive away for time by the water. For a longer outing, Lake Lanier is a large reservoir, and the State Botanical Garden of Georgia is a longer drive away.
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- 7,380households
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 13%below the poverty line
- 33 mintypical commute
- 7%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Barrow County had 24,813 jobs in 2025, 3.0% 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 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 Winder 4S weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Winder
- Barrow County SchoolsSchool district2,066FTE
- Ingles MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores217
- Ngmc BarrowGeneral hospital170FTE
- Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores158
- Vankirk ElectricElectric contracting144
- Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores129
- Hill's WinderHome centers, building materials86
- WinderMail and parcel delivery54
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 988 people in all. 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
- Strong windRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Tornadoesrelatively high in parts of WinderRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Winder’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 Barrow County and the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
Winder home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Winder$341,791
- 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 Winder listings, and the typical home goes pending in 52 days — the market is cooling.
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.
- Winder33.65%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Winder52
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Winder281
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Winder63
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Winder$318,305
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Winder98.32%
Zip codes with a Winder address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Winder — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.