Rents are 18% below what Norcross's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
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Bedroom figures are derived from HUD Fair Market Rents and scaled to match Norcross's market median, because the published HUD values all ran above it. They are gross rents that include essential utilities (electricity, water, gas, sewer, trash).
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in Norcross usually run 1% below trend in December and 0.9% above it in April, about $27 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Norcross is 3% below its high of $1,490 in June 2023, at $1,446 as of September 2026.
Rent in Norcross changed -0.1% over the year to September 2026. Across the 115 Georgia cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.3%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Norcross rose 41.7% while median household income rose 29.2% ($58,236 to $75,266). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Norcross is 35% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 3 months in a row, and rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($75,266) is $1,882 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($1,705); a 2-bedroom is $1,890.
Forest Park, 24 miles away, rents for 15% less ($1,226/mo), about $2,600 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Norcross. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Norcross, GA is majority owner-occupied, 40.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Norcross, GA has changed in 5 years
Rent in Norcross, GA has increased 24.3% since 2021, going from about $1,163 per month to roughly $1,446 today. Census figures show median household income at $75,266 today, compared with $70,403 five years earlier. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 17.4 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 17,413 to 18,007 between 2021 and 2024, a 3.4% change. About 40.1% of households rent today, against 42.5% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 37.2% to 40.5%. The combined trend lines point to a market that has changed measurably from where it stood in early 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Norcross is $1,446/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,183/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,359/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,226/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,639/mo.
At 23% of local median household income ($75,266/yr), Norcross ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 0.1% over the past year.
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