Rents are 12% below what Stockbridge's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,684 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
February. Asking rents in Stockbridge usually run 1% below trend in February and 0.8% above it in July, about $30 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Stockbridge is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2015.
Rent in Stockbridge changed +3.4% 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 Stockbridge rose 44.8% while median household income rose 14.4% ($61,291 to $70,136). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Stockbridge is 49.2% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 6 months in a row, and rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($70,136) is $1,753 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,740); a 3-bedroom is $2,100.
Forest Park, 11 miles away, rents for 27% less ($1,226/mo), about $5,500 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Stockbridge. 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
Stockbridge, GA is majority owner-occupied, 31.8% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Stockbridge, GA has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in Stockbridge, GA has shifted from $1,306 to $1,684, up 28.9% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $61,939 to $70,136 between 2021 and 2024, a 13.2% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show Stockbridge, GA adding about 7,170 residents over the five-year window, up 25.1% on net. The renter share has eased from 52.8% to 44%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 34% to 31.8% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in Stockbridge, GA reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Stockbridge is $1,684/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,510/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,740/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,570/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,100/mo.
At 29% of local median household income ($70,136/yr), Stockbridge ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 3.4% over the past year.
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