Data Coverage and Zestimate® Accuracy

The home data we have compiled to generate a Zestimate home valuation varies by location. Some counties provide all the data we could hope for, but others are lacking such key things as the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, or, in some cases, the square footage of the home. The more data we have, the more accurate the Zestimate. And, we've made it easier for our users to help us improve accuracy by incorporating edited home facts into our Zestimate calculations. In some areas, we might not be able to produce a Zestimate at all, but we do have some basic information on the homes. The tables below show you where we have Zestimates and other home information.

To measure the accuracy of the Zestimates, we've gone back in time and compared the historic Zestimates with the actual transaction prices of homes that sold. The tables below also provide various measures of that accuracy.

What's a Zestimate?

A Zestimate home valuation is Zillow's estimated market value. It is not an appraisal. Use it as a starting point to determine a home's value. Learn more.

  • Georgia Counties

Georgia

County Zestimate Accuracy % Homes on Zillow % Homes With Zestimates Within 5% of Sale price Within 10% of Sale Price Within 20% of Sale Price Median Error
Appling 57% 0% -- -- -- --
Atkinson 4% 0% -- -- -- --
Banks 50% 0% -- -- -- --
Barrow 99% 99% 29% 47% 68% 11.0%
Bartow 99% 99% 23% 44% 67% 12.6%
Ben Hill 52% 0% -- -- -- --
Bibb 71% 0% -- -- -- --
Bryan 68% 0% -- -- -- --
Bulloch 72% 0% -- -- -- --
Burke 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Butts 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Camden 50% 0% -- -- -- --
Candler 37% 0% -- -- -- --
Carroll 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Catoosa 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Chatham 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Cherokee 99% 99% 26% 43% 65% 13.2%
Clarke 99% 99% 26% 45% 66% 11.9%
Clayton 99% 99% 22% 34% 53% 17.7%
Clinch 48% 0% -- -- -- --
Cobb 99% 99% 29% 51% 74% 9.7%
Coffee 80% 0% -- -- -- --
Columbia 93% 93% 44% 66% 87% 5.8%
Cook 38% 0% -- -- -- --
Coweta 99% 99% 27% 42% 65% 12.3%
Crawford 1% 0% -- -- -- --
Crisp 51% 0% -- -- -- --
Dawson 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Dekalb 99% 99% 22% 39% 61% 14.2%
Dougherty 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Douglas 99% 99% 20% 39% 61% 13.3%
Early 36% 0% -- -- -- --
Fayette 99% 99% 27% 49% 73% 10.3%
Floyd 62% 0% -- -- -- --
Forsyth 99% 99% 30% 50% 73% 9.8%
Franklin 64% 0% -- -- -- --
Fulton 99% 99% 21% 39% 61% 14.1%
Gordon 79% 0% -- -- -- --
Greene 54% 0% -- -- -- --
Gwinnett 99% 99% 36% 61% 81% 7.5%
Hall 99% 99% 10% 21% 38% 34.0%
Haralson 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Hart 52% 0% -- -- -- --
Heard 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Henry 99% 99% 33% 52% 72% 9.2%
Houston 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Jasper 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Jeff Davis 57% 0% -- -- -- --
Jefferson 35% 0% -- -- -- --
Jenkins 13% 0% -- -- -- --
Johnson 7% 0% -- -- -- --
Jones 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Lamar 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Lanier 21% 0% -- -- -- --
Laurens 81% 0% -- -- -- --
Lee 71% 0% -- -- -- --
Lowndes 99% 0% -- -- -- --
McDuffie 99% 0% -- -- -- --
McIntosh 8% 0% -- -- -- --
Macon 26% 0% -- -- -- --
Meriwether 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Monroe 75% 0% -- -- -- --
Montgomery 31% 0% -- -- -- --
Muscogee 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Newton 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Oconee 92% 0% -- -- -- --
Paulding 99% 99% 24% 49% 73% 10.4%
Peach 36% 0% -- -- -- --
Pickens 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Pierce 51% 0% -- -- -- --
Pike 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Polk 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Putnam 42% 0% -- -- -- --
Rabun 31% 0% -- -- -- --
Richmond 99% 99% 22% 40% 60% 14.8%
Rockdale 99% 99% 23% 40% 63% 13.2%
Spalding 99% 99% 19% 35% 56% 16.2%
Terrell 58% 0% -- -- -- --
Tift 65% 0% -- -- -- --
Toombs 43% 0% -- -- -- --
Troup 99% 99% 16% 32% 53% 18.5%
Turner 7% 0% -- -- -- --
Upson 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Walker 99% 0% -- -- -- --
Walton 99% 99% 17% 29% 47% 22.0%
Ware 23% 0% -- -- -- --
Warren 39% 0% -- -- -- --
Washington 54% 0% -- -- -- --
Whitfield 99% 99% 16% 31% 57% 16.9%
Wilkes 43% 0% -- -- -- --
Wilkinson 39% 0% -- -- -- --

Last updated: June 4, 2008
Note: Zestimate accuracy is computed by comparing the final sale price to the Zestimate on or before the sale date. The data herein is computed for the three-month period ending Dec. 31, 2007.

Click here to download an Excel spreadsheet of this data.

Definitions

Zestimate Accuracy/Star Rating:
This rating is tied to the Median Error in an area.
The ratings are as follows:
  • Four Stars = Best Zestimate
  • Three Stars = Good Zestimate
  • Two Stars = Fair Zestimate
  • One Star = Tax assessor's value, or unable to compute Zestimate accuracy
  • 0 stars = No valuation
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Tax Assessor's Value

Depending on the jurisdiction where you live, this value could be the tax assessed, tax appraised, or market assessed value. This value comes from the taxing authority of the city, county or state where you live; this is not Zillow's value.

Note: Tax assessor's values differ from Zillow's Zestimate, which is computed by entering numerous data points into a proprietary formula, often resulting in a more accurate value estimate.

Homes on Zillow:
This indicates the percentage of homes for which we have data (e.g., number of bedrooms or bathrooms) in a particular locale. These are the homes you can find via maps or search on Zillow.com.
Homes With Zestimates:
We can only calculate Zestimates for homes where we have certain data, including transactions. This column indicates the percentage of homes in an area with Zestimates.
Within 5% of Sale Price:
This is the percentage of transactions in a location for which the Zestimate was within 5% of the transaction price. For example, in the Portland area, 35% of the time the Zestimate was within 5% of the selling price.
Within 10% of Sale Price:
This is the percentage of transactions in a location for which the Zestimate was within 10% of the transaction price.
Within 20% of Sale Price:
This is the percentage of transactions in a location for which the Zestimate was within 20% of the transaction price.
Median Error:
Half of the Zestimates in an area were closer than the error percentage and half were farther off. For example, in Seattle, Zestimates for half of the homes are within 7.5% of the selling price, and half are off by more than 7.5%.
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