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The median home value in Forest Park, GA is $164,986 as of 2026-07-31, down 5.84% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$164,986
Year-over-Year
-5.84%
Population
19,232
Forest Park ranks #90 of 98 Georgia cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 46.5% below the state's city median of $308,120. It sits in Clayton County, where the county-wide median is $230,375.
Median household income in Forest Park is $41,211, so the typical home value is about 4.0× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Forest Park police recorded a violent crime rate of 572 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,865 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Forest Park, that value is $164,986. That's down 5.84% from a year earlier. It is about 46.5% below the typical Georgia city tracked here.
Homes in Forest Park are cheaper than Clayton County as a whole, where the median is $230,375 — a difference of about 28.4%.
Median household income here is $41,211, so the typical home value is about 4.0× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Forest Park police reported 572 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 19,232. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.