Decatur, GA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Decatur: a median closing price of $685,000 across 211 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Decatur, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Decatur sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of August 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 211
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $685,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $336
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $439,900 and $1,005,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 211 closed sales in Decatur over the last six months, with a median closing price of $685,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $439,900 and $1,005,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 205 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $284 and $424 per square foot.
Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Decatur, GA (August 2026)
The median home price in Decatur is $685,000, measured across the 211 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $439,900 and $1,005,000.
Where Decatur sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Decatur over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $439,900 and $1,005,000. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 18 days, across 151 Decatur closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 21 days, across 141 Decatur closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Decatur angle
The spread of closed prices in Decatur runs wider than most markets we track, so the citywide median should never be the backbone of a valuation here. Across 211 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $685,000, and the middle half of sales closed between $439,900 and $1,005,000, and the reach above the median is far longer than the reach below it. In practice that means comp selection is doing almost all the work: match on the attributes you can verify, and be willing to reject a nearby sale that does not resemble the subject. The sample runs around the middle of the markets we track, so rejecting comps is something you can afford.
From market read to offer price
A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 12,516+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Decatur address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Decatur, GA
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 211
Median sold price: $685,000
Median sold $/sqft: $336 (205 qualifying)
https://resideline.com/blog/decatur-ga-housing-market
The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Decatur over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track inside the city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 12% of the 211 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $677,950.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Decatur?
The median sold price in Decatur over the last 6 months is $685,000, measured across 211 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Decatur last month?
Resideline tracked 22 closed sales in Decatur in July 2026, out of 211 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Decatur?
The middle half of Decatur sales over the last six months closed between $439,900 and $1,005,000, with a median of $685,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Decatur?
Among qualifying Decatur closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $336, measured across 205 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
Two Decatur, GA properties sold for very different prices. Which one is my comp?
Whichever one actually resembles your subject on the attributes you can verify. Decatur's closed prices spread wider than most markets we track, with the middle half closing between $439,900 and $1,005,000 around a median of $685,000 across 211 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months. In a range that broad, proximity alone is not evidence of comparability, and picking the wrong side of the range will swing your number badly.
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