Renting in Stapleton: a two-bedroom costs about $970
Stapleton is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
Only 0 sales in September 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What Stapleton’s housing numbers say
Owning can cost less than renting
With 20% down at the calculator’s rate, the typical Stapleton home runs about $860 a month with tax and insurance. A two-bedroom rents for about $970. Can I afford it? ↓
Values have lagged Georgia
The typical Stapleton home is up 4.2% in five years, against a gain of 21% across Georgia. Over the ten years on the chart it’s up 49%, against 91% statewide. Price trend ↓
Written from the data on this page. Home values are the Zillow Home Value Index, through September 2026; permits are Census figures through 2025; incomes, rents paid, taxes and ownership come from the Census American Community Survey, which has wide margins in a place this size.
Why Stapleton isn’t graded
The grade needs at least two of four Census figures: home value, rent, property tax and the share of households paying 30% or more for housing.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Renters already here pay a median of $776, 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 (Glascock County, GA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Low tax bills, but a high tax rate
The median bill is $1,607, under the Georgia median of $2,341, because homes cost less. As a share of value it’s 1.04% 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+”.
Stapleton and its neighbors
One source per column.
Cost next door · one source per column
| Town | Cost | Typical home Zillow, September 2026 | Median value Census 2020–24 | Tax rate bill ÷ value | 2-bed rent HUD 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stapleton | – | $146K | $155K | 1.04% | $970 |
“—” under Cost: not graded (too little Census data, or under 1,000 residents).
Questions about the cost of living in Stapleton
How much is rent in Stapleton?
HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $970 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in. Renters already here pay a median of $776 (Census 2020–24).
What are property taxes in Stapleton?
The median bill is $1,607 a year, 1.04% of the median home value (Georgia: $2,341, 0.77%), from the Census 2020–24.
Why doesn’t Stapleton have a cost of living grade?
Stapleton is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
Neighbors talk housing
What Stapleton buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, September 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, September 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. 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.