The typical Roswell home is worth $650,072, up $7,326 in a year. That is less than in Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Sandy Springs or Dunwoody. Rents barely moved.
The typical Roswell home was worth $650,072 in September. That is up 1.1% from $642,746 a year earlier, a gain of $7,326.
The figure is the Zillow Home Value Index, released this month by Zillow Research. It ranks Roswell 13th of the 551 Georgia cities in the index. It also rose 0.1% from August, when it stood at $649,163.
The index is not a sale price. It is Zillow’s smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value of homes in the middle third of the market, and Zillow revises past months.
Less than most of North Fulton
Roswell’s typical value is lower than in five of the six nearby cities below, and it grew at a middling pace. These are the September figures from the same index:
| City | Typical home value | Change in a year | Distance from Roswell |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton | $936,770 | +2.6% | about 8 miles north |
| Alpharetta | $711,257 | -0.3% | about 5 miles north |
| Johns Creek | $689,664 | +0.4% | about 8 miles east |
| Sandy Springs | $685,103 | +3.4% | about 8 miles south |
| Dunwoody | $667,282 | +2.4% | about 7 miles southeast |
| Roswell | $650,072 | +1.1% | |
| Peachtree Corners | $536,929 | -2.4% | about 8 miles southeast |
Sandy Springs gained the most, 3.4%, from $662,820 a year ago. Alpharetta and Peachtree Corners were the two that fell. Alpharetta’s typical value slipped from $713,135 to $711,257.
A flat spring, then three months up
Roswell’s index rose steadily last fall and winter, to $649,274 in February. It then eased for four months, to $647,744 in June. It has risen each month since:
- July: $648,235
- August: $649,163
- September: $650,072
That puts September’s figure at its highest point in the past year.
Rents barely moved
The typical asking rent in Roswell was $1,706 in September, according to the Zillow Observed Rent Index. That is up 0.5% from $1,697 a year earlier and down from $1,715 in August. Rents peaked at $1,719 in July.
Roswell rents are well below those in Johns Creek ($2,492), Milton ($2,337) and Alpharetta ($2,083), Zillow’s figures show. They are a little below Dunwoody ($1,754) and a little above Sandy Springs ($1,680).
What it means for you
- Selling: a typical Roswell home has gained a little over $7,000 in a year. That is modest next to Sandy Springs or Milton, but values are rising again after a soft spring.
- Buying: Roswell remains one of the cheaper ways into North Fulton. Its typical value is about $61,000 below Alpharetta’s and about $287,000 below Milton’s.
- Your own home: the index is an average for the whole city, and streets vary widely. Our neighborhoods guide breaks Roswell down by area, and the weekly real estate transfers list shows what homes actually sold for.
- Comparing towns: our Roswell, Alpharetta, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs comparison sets taxes and schools side by side. The city’s 2026 tax rate is in our property tax story.
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