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Comparing Columbus vs Grovetown vs Buford vs Duluth

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Headline numbers

Columbus

GA

$1,246

YoY change
+2.9%
Vacancy
4.3%
2-BR rent
—
Cap rate
—
Renter share
49.2%

Grovetown

GA

$1,822

YoY change
+0.9%
Vacancy
12.2%
2-BR rent
—
Cap rate
—
Renter share
40.9%

Buford

GA

$2,007

YoY change
-1.8%
Vacancy
15.9%
2-BR rent
—
Cap rate
—
Renter share
31.8%

Duluth

GA

$1,627

YoY change
-2.4%
Vacancy
6.1%
2-BR rent
—
Cap rate
—
Renter share
43.5%

All values from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse. Updated March 2026. See methodology.

Rent index — overlaid, last 5 years

ZORI rent index — Columbus vs Grovetown vs Buford vs Duluth

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Demographics & income

Metric ColumbusGrovetownBufordDuluth
Median household income $58,073$85,660$69,471$95,331
Median age 35.434.334.439.5
Renter household share 49.2%40.9%31.8%43.5%
YoY rent change +2.9%+0.9%-1.8%-2.4%
Cap rate (overall) ————
$/unit (MFR) ————

Demographics: Census ACS5 2019-2024. Rent & cap rate: NGP-Rental-Data warehouse (see methodology). Cells marked "—" mean the metric isn't available for that geography in any free public source we ingest.