Rents are 10% below what Vinings'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 Vinings'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
January. Asking rents in Vinings usually run 1.6% below trend in January and 1.8% above it in August, about $61 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in Vinings is 7.9% below its high of $1,942 in July 2022, at $1,789 as of September 2026.
Rent in Vinings changed -0.6% 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 Vinings rose 17.8% while median household income rose 15.9% ($81,973 to $94,982). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Vinings is 15.2% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
30% of the median household income ($94,982) is $2,375 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($2,240); a 2-bedroom is $2,480.
Lithia Springs, 13 miles away, rents for 12% less ($1,582/mo), about $2,500 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Vinings. 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
Vinings, GA is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 70% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Vinings, GA has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in Vinings, GA paid around $1,615 a month. That figure now sits near $1,789, up 10.8% from the 2021 baseline. On the earnings side, the typical household in Vinings, GA now reports about $94,982, up from $86,932 in 2021. Census counts show Vinings, GA adding about 1,597 residents over the five-year window, up 12.5% on net. The renter share has risen from 64.4% to 66.8%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. For context, the 2021 to 2026 window covers an unusually volatile run for US rents nationally, and Vinings, GA reflects that arc in its own way.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Vinings is $1,789/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,464/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,681/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,518/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,027/mo.
At 23% of local median household income ($94,982/yr), Vinings ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 0.6% over the past year.
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