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The median home value in Cherokee County, GA is $475,300 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.93% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$475,300
Year-over-Year
-0.93%
National Rank
#251 of 3071
Cherokee County ranks 6th out of 159 counties in GA by median home price, and is +102.8% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within GA, the typical county has a median home value of $216,778, making Cherokee County +119.3% above the GA state median.
Households here earn a median of $108,115 a year against a typical home value of $475,300 — a price-to-income ratio of 4.4×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 73% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Cherokee County recorded a violent crime rate of 90 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 809 per 100,000.
Based on 3 reporting cities covering 98,323 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Cherokee County is $475,300. That's down 0.93% from a year earlier. That is about 102.8% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Cherokee County the 6th most expensive of 159 counties in Georgia.
Median household income here is $108,115, so a typical home costs about 4.4× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Cherokee County recorded 90 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 98,323 residents across 3 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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