Johns Creek home values edge up as most neighbors slip

The typical Johns Creek home was worth $689,664 in September. That is up $2,976, or 0.4%, from a year earlier. Most nearby cities and Fulton County as a whole lost value over the same 12 months.

The figures come from the Zillow Home Value Index, which Zillow Research updated Oct. 16 with September data. The index estimates the value of a typical home in the middle third of the market, smoothed and seasonally adjusted. It is not a sale price.

Johns Creek ranks eighth of 551 Georgia cities in the index.

What it means for you

• Values are close to flat. A home bought in fall 2025 is worth about what it was then.
• The value on your property tax bill comes from the Fulton County Board of Assessors, not Zillow. The city’s 2026 millage rate is up for adoption Oct. 26; our property tax hearings story has the rates.
• Recent sales are in our weekly real estate transfers list.

A small dip, then two months up

The index peaked at $692,378 in January. It then drifted down through the spring and summer, to $688,754 in July. August and September both rose, by $403 and $507.

September’s figure is still $2,714 below the January high, a gap of 0.4%.

Zillow revises past months as new sales come in. It now puts August at $689,157. A month ago it published $695,041 for August, the figure in our Johns Creek, Duluth, Alpharetta and Peachtree Corners comparison.

How the neighbors compare

Johns Creek is one of three nearby cities where values rose. Dunwoody, about nine miles southwest, gained most, at 2.4%. Roswell, about eight miles west, rose 1.1%.

Everywhere else in the table lost value. The Gwinnett County cities on the city’s eastern side fell hardest:

• Duluth, about four miles east, down 2.6%
• Suwanee, about eight miles northeast, down 2.6%
• Peachtree Corners, about five miles south, down 2.4%
• Norcross, about seven miles south, down 2.3%

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Alpharetta remains the only city in the table above Johns Creek. The gap between them narrowed to $21,593, from $26,447 a year earlier. The typical Johns Creek home is worth about $275,000 more than the Fulton County figure.

Zillow also publishes figures by ZIP code, which do not follow city lines. In 30022, which covers much of Johns Creek, the typical value was $664,697, up 0.7% on the year. In 30097, which Johns Creek shares with Duluth, it was $706,506, down 0.5%.

Rents

The typical asking rent in Johns Creek was $2,492 a month in September, according to the Zillow Observed Rent Index. That is down 0.7% from $2,509 a year earlier. Johns Creek ranks fourth of 151 Georgia cities in the rent index.

The longer view

Today’s flat line follows a steep climb. The typical Johns Creek home was worth $436,950 in September 2020, so values are up about 58% in six years. Most of that came in two years: the index rose about $79,000 by September 2021 and about $111,000 more by September 2022.

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The climb has since slowed to a crawl. The index rose $36,202 in the year to September 2024, $6,064 in the year to September 2025 and $2,976 in the year to September 2026.