The median home value in Waycross, GA is $149,874 as of 2026-06-30, up 1.71% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$149,874
Year-over-Year
+1.71%
Population
13,644
Waycross ranks #93 of 98 Georgia cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 51.4% below the state's city median of $308,300. It sits in Ware County, where the county-wide median is $148,493.
Waycross police recorded a violent crime rate of 1,033 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 5,028 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Waycross is $149,874. That's up 1.71% from a year earlier. That is about 51.4% below the typical county in Georgia.
Homes in Waycross are more expensive than Ware County as a whole, where the median is $148,493 — a difference of about 0.9%.
Waycross police reported 1,033 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 13,644. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.