Old Town
Homes for Sale in Brunswick, GA

Old Town market snapshot (as of September 3, 2026): the median sale price is about $450K ($184 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), a median 84 days on market for closed sales, and 12.0 months of supply, a buyer-leaning market. The trailing-12-month median is up 25% from the prior 12 months and up 1059% since 2012, computed from record-level ScoutMLS® closed sales (16 closings in the current window).

In ZIP 31520 (Brunswick), 438 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $371K ($183/sq ft), up 2.4% year over year, with a median 86 days on market. Right now 138 active and 32 pending listings put supply at about 4.9 months — a balanced market. See the live ZIP 31520 housing market.

SCOUT sales records identify 297 homes in Old Town that have changed hands since 2001, built between 1858 and 2025 (median 1918), with a median living area of about 1,764 sq ft and a typical 3-bedroom, 2-bath layout; 99% are single-family homes. Source: SCOUT closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

Old Town sits in Brunswick's historic core in Glynn County, where the housing stock itself — age, layout, and renovation status — does most of the talking on price, since no community amenities are currently identified from MLS listings for the area.

Glynn County School System posted a 99.0% four-year graduation rate and 12,278 students across 17 schools in 2024-25 (Governor’s Office of Student Achievement).

• Oglethorpe · Elementary
• Glynn Middle School · Middle
• Glynn Academy · High

District figures are official Georgia (GOSA) 2024-25 data. Zoned schools reflect the assignments reported on recent Old Town listings and can change; always confirm with the Glynn County School System for a specific address.

Buying with schools in mind? We can confirm the exact zoned schools for any Old Town address.

The 1,059% climb since 2012 is not a typo — it is the signature of a neighborhood that spent years undervalued relative to its location and has been re-rated as buyers rediscovered Brunswick's older housing stock. That kind of long-run trajectory usually means the easy appreciation is already priced in for some homes, while others — depending on how much renovation they still need — are trading at a real discount to what a fully updated version of the same floor plan would fetch. The $183.96 median price per square foot is the number to watch property by property, more than the $450,000 median price itself.

A market heat score of 62 with a median 83.5-day time on market reads as warm but not urgent. Sellers with a home in solid, move-in condition are seeing faster interest and can hold a firmer number; sellers with deferred maintenance need to price to that reality rather than to the neighborhood's headline appreciation. Buyers get real room to inspect, negotiate repair credits, and take a considered view of a home's condition before committing — this is not a market that punishes patience.

Old Town rewards buyers and sellers who understand the difference between a home's price and its price per square foot — the gap between the two is where the real decisions get made in a historic district with this much variance in condition. We track that gap listing by listing, help sellers position a property against what similar homes in comparable condition have actually closed for, and help buyers structure offers that account for renovation scope rather than guessing at it.

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