ZIP 30294

30294 is one of 29 ZIP codes that lie mostly in DeKalb County, GA — 36% of its own area is in the county.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 19 of the 28 with a value.

5 school locations in 30294: 3 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high.

In alphabetical order: Cedar Grove Elementary School, Cedar Grove High School, East Clayton Elementary School, Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 30294 was worth $122,766.

Values peaked at $307,245 in August 2022. The latest reading is −9.7% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $277,566, −2.5% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $277,566. Put 20% down and borrow $222,053 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $1,537 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $76,731 a year, $6,394 a month. So the payment takes 24.0% of income — rated “affordable” (Lotvox ZIP bands: under 28% affordable · 28–36% stretched · 36%+ severe).

The line holds today's rate fixed and moves only the price: at that rate, the same share was 10.6% in 2000.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in January 2000 (8.21%) the payment was $735.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $660.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,428 — +116% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +36%.

Reported values rose +126% since January 2000.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +97% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2000 home was worth $242,291. So the real change is +15%, not +126%.

30294: +126% since January 2000.

DeKalb County: +136% since January 2000.

Georgia: +160% since January 2000 — 30294 ran behind it by 34 points.

Against 727 Georgia ZIP codes, 30294 sits at the 65th percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

10th for appreciation (recent value growth); 94th for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $1,815 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $2,099 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 11.0. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Picture the Listings Flow Ladder as a basin: new listings pour in from the faucet, the homes for sale are the water, and closed sales run out the drain. Coming in — new listings: about 50 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 68% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 154. That is 67% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

Going out — closed sales: about 35 a month. That is 67% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 4.4 months of supply — inside the 4–6 month balanced range. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.

The net reading: about 15 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 35 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 48 — so sales ran at 73% of it, and below it in 24 of the last 24 months.

Across DeKalb County, builders pulled permits for 1,321 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 61% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in DeKalb County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 17,930 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 20,681 moved out.

Net across those counties: −2,751 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 154 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Fulton, GA (7,989 households); most departures went to Fulton, GA (7,888).