Home › Counties › Effingham County, GA
The median home value in Effingham County, GA is $337,775 as of 2026-07-31, down 1.57% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$337,775
Year-over-Year
-1.57%
National Rank
#725 of 3071
Effingham County ranks 33rd out of 159 counties in GA by median home price, and is +44.1% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within GA, the typical county has a median home value of $216,778, making Effingham County +55.8% above the GA state median.
Households here earn a median of $88,438 a year against a typical home value of $337,775 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.8×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 57% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Effingham County recorded a violent crime rate of 104 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 561 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 15,340 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Effingham County is $337,775. That's down 1.57% from a year earlier. That is about 44.1% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Effingham County the 33rd most expensive of 159 counties in Georgia.
Median household income here is $88,438, so a typical home costs about 3.8× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Effingham County recorded 104 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 15,340 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
Banks County · Monroe County · Dekalb County · Chatham County · Clarke County · Columbia County · Madison County · Bartow County