Housing Market in Augusta
Augusta-Richmond County's median home sale price ran about $220,000 over the three months ending roughly June 2026, up 2.0% year-over-year, at $139 per square foot (flat year-over-year), per Redfin -- a consistent, single-source-corroborated figure, unlike some of the wider-ranging figures seen for Atlanta and Savannah in this same Georgia batch. The market is described as 'somewhat competitive,' with homes selling after 50 days on market on average, down meaningfully from 70 days the year before.
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Learn moreThe Headline Figures, and Why Confidence Is Higher Here
Redfin's Augusta-Richmond County housing market page (retrieved August 2026, reporting the three months ending roughly June 2026) cites a $220,000 median sale price, up 2.0% year-over-year, at $139/sqft (essentially flat year-over-year). Unlike Savannah's housing figures in this same Georgia research batch -- where secondary sources spread from roughly $331K to $445K -- Augusta's figure held consistent across the sources reviewed this session, so confidence here is meaningfully higher.
Market Pace Has Sped Up
Homes in Augusta-Richmond County sold after 50 days on market on average as of this reading, down from 70 days the prior year -- a real, disclosed acceleration describing a market that has gotten somewhat more competitive, not a stagnant one, even though prices themselves moved only modestly (+2.0% YoY).
Neighborhood-Level Prices Are Dated -- A Real Data Gap
Specific-neighborhood price figures found this session (Forest Hills around $346,603, Summerville around $452,459, both cited 'as of March 2022') are meaningfully older than the citywide 2026 figure above and should not be treated as current -- a real, disclosed data-freshness gap. See the best-areas topic page for neighborhood character detail, but treat any neighborhood-specific price point from that page as directional and dated rather than a current 2026 figure; a buyer should pull current listings for a specific neighborhood directly.
Why Augusta Prices Well Below Atlanta and Savannah
Augusta's median sale price runs roughly half of Atlanta's ($429,000, per georgia-tier-a-1.js) and meaningfully below Savannah's disputed-but-still-higher range ($331K-$445K). This tracks with Augusta's genuinely different economic character in this Georgia batch -- a more affordable, consolidated city-county government anchored by military/cybersecurity and healthcare employment rather than Atlanta's Fortune 500 corporate density or Savannah's port/tourism economy.
Key takeaways
- Augusta-Richmond County median sale price: about $220,000 (three months ending ~June 2026), up 2.0% YoY, at $139/sqft -- a single, source-corroborated figure with higher confidence than some other Georgia cities in this batch.
- Homes are selling faster: 50 days on market on average, down from 70 days the prior year -- a real market-pace acceleration.
- Neighborhood-specific price figures found this session (Forest Hills, Summerville) are dated to March 2022 and should not be treated as current -- a real, disclosed gap; pull current listings for any specific address.
- Augusta's median runs roughly half of Atlanta's and meaningfully below Savannah's in this same Georgia research batch -- consistent with Augusta's more affordable, military/healthcare-anchored economic identity.
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