Measured against area pay, Lakeview Estates costs less to live in than almost every U.S. town
It ranks #1 of 263 in Georgia for affordability. Home prices around Lakeview Estates have risen about 65% over the past 5 years.
Census 2020–24 home values, rents, tax bills and cost burden, measured against the median household income of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area ($90K). How TownRatings grades cost of living
The grade compares costs with what households across the Atlanta metro earn ($90K, Census 2020–24). The typical home costs 0.8 years of metro income, and 33% of renters pay 30% or more of income for housing.
In dollars
- $1,390a month for a two-bedroom, utilities includedHUD Fair Market Rent, 2026
- 100prices across the Atlanta metro, where the U.S. is 100 (housing 111)BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
In paychecks the grade
- 0.8 yrsof area income buys the typical home; the typical U.S. town: 3.3$90K, Atlanta-area income
- 10%of area income goes to the median rent; the typical U.S. town: 18%Census 2020–24
- 33%of renters pay 30%+ of income for housing; across Georgia: 52%Census 2020–24
- 0%of owners do; the typical U.S. town: 20%Census 2020–24
What Lakeview Estates’ housing numbers say
Owning can cost less than renting
With 20% down at the calculator’s rate, the typical Lakeview Estates home runs about $470 a month with tax and insurance. A two-bedroom rents for about $1,390. Can I afford it? ↓
Rent is easier on renters here
33% of renter households spend 30% or more of their income on rent, against 52% across Georgia. A standard two-bedroom is 36% of the median household income. Renting ↓
A low property tax rate
Owners pay about 0.27% of a home’s value a year in property tax, against 0.77% across Georgia. The median bill is $199 (Georgia: $2,341). Property taxes ↓
Written from the data on this page. There’s no Zillow index for Lakeview Estates, so the typical value is an estimate: the Census median carried forward with the federal house price index; incomes, rents paid, taxes and ownership come from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Lakeview Estates’ grade
Measured against what households in the area earn, Lakeview Estates is more affordable than 100% of U.S. towns, #1 of 263 in Georgia. The share of households paying 30%+ for housing pulls the grade down most; property tax holds it up.
Home prices up 65% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Lakeview Estates rose 65% over the past 5 years, faster than across Georgia (58%). Last year prices fell 1%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Lakeview Estates home at roughly $85,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $85K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Lakeview Estates, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A typical home costs about a year of area income
The calculator starts from the area income the grade uses. Switch to Lakeview Estates’s own median, or type yours.
That covers a typical Lakeview Estates home, with $299K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,390 a month here, $920 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Lakeview Estates’s typical property tax (0.27% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,390
Renters already here pay a median of $751, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Property tax runs below the Georgia norm
The median bill is $199 (Georgia: $2,341), 0.27% of a home’s value a year, against 0.77% statewide.
Census American Community Survey 2020–24: the median real-estate tax bill homeowners report, and that bill ÷ the median home value. Bills include town, school and county taxes. The Census reports bills over $10,000 only as “$10,000+”.
The rest of a budget near Lakeview Estates
Only figures published free for the whole country, each labeled with the area it covers: the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area, or Georgia. Groceries follow the goods price level; nobody publishes them town by town.
| Cost | Here | Compared with | Area | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prices overall U.S. = 100 | 100 | GA 96 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
| Goods (groceries, clothing, cars…) U.S. = 100 | 100 | GA 99 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
| Utilities U.S. = 100 | 96 | GA 93 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
| Other services U.S. = 100 | 97 | GA 97 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
Price levels: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities 2024 (metro area and state). Electricity: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, table 5.6.A.
Lakeview Estates and its neighbors
One source per column.
Cost next door · one source per column
| Town | Cost | Typical home Zillow, latest | Median value Census 2020–24 | Tax rate bill ÷ value | 2-bed rent HUD 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview Estates | A+ | — | $75K | 0.27% | $1,390 |
“—” under Zillow: Zillow publishes no value for that town, so it’s left blank rather than mixed with Census figures.
Questions about the cost of living in Lakeview Estates
Is Lakeview Estates expensive to live in?
Measured against what households in the area earn, Lakeview Estates costs less than 100% of U.S. towns: an A+ for cost of living, #1 of 263 in Georgia. The typical home costs 0.8 years of the median household income of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area ($90K).
How much is rent in Lakeview Estates?
HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $1,390 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in. Renters already here pay a median of $751 (Census 2020–24).
What are property taxes in Lakeview Estates?
The median bill is $199 a year, 0.27% of the median home value (Georgia: $2,341, 0.77%), from the Census 2020–24.
Neighbors talk housing
What Lakeview Estates buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer. Regional price levels: BEA; electricity: EIA. How TownRatings grades cost of living.