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The median home value in Pickens County, GA is $399,590 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.18% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$399,590
Year-over-Year
+1.18%
National Rank
#452 of 3071
Pickens County ranks 18th out of 159 counties in GA by median home price, and is +70.5% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within GA, the typical county has a median home value of $216,778, making Pickens County +84.3% above the GA state median.
Households here earn a median of $78,930 a year against a typical home value of $399,590 — a price-to-income ratio of 5.1×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 84% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Pickens County recorded a violent crime rate of 76 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 1,189 per 100,000.
Based on 1 reporting city covering 5,298 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Pickens County is $399,590. That's up 1.18% from a year earlier. That is about 70.5% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Pickens County the 18th most expensive of 159 counties in Georgia.
Median household income here is $78,930, so a typical home costs about 5.1× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Pickens County recorded 76 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 5,298 residents across 1 reporting city, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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