Russell Heights
Homes for Sale in Smyrna, GA
All 286 homes for sale in Smyrna, GA · median $466,000 · 103 homes for sale in 30082
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Homes listed or recently sold were built 1969–1971; none of the 3 geocoded homes sit in a FEMA special flood hazard zone (median elevation 991 ft). As of November 2026, the MLS records 2 closed sales in Russell Heights in Smyrna, GA since 2026, the most recent in May 2026. Across Smyrna as a whole, 502 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $447,750, 36 median days on market, with 309 homes for sale today. At that median and Cobb County's 2025 rate of 27.16 mills, annual property tax runs about $4,860.
Last 30 days in Russell Heights: 1 new listing (median asking $698,500). As of November 1, 2026, Listing data © 2026 Georgia MLS (GAMLS). Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed.
Russell Heights sits in Smyrna, within Cobb County, and current MLS activity does not give us enough listing volume to point to a clear pricing pattern or a typical days-on-market figure. That is itself useful information: this is a community where a buyer or seller needs to lean on individual comps rather than a neighborhood-wide trend line.
For sellers, that means positioning a listing on its own merits — condition, lot, updates — rather than pointing to a community narrative that the data does not yet support. For buyers, it means each available home should be evaluated on its own terms, with less reliance on 'what the neighborhood is doing' and more on direct comparison to similar recent sales nearby.
Figures in this note are as of September 1, 2026. The live market numbers elsewhere on this page update nightly and are newer.
Nearby homes for sale
No active listings inside Russell Heights right now. These are the 6 closest homes on the market, by straight-line distance from the community's center; some may sit just outside its boundary.
Listing data from the MLS feeds named on each listing page; deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Refreshed nightly.
The 60-Second Overview
Russell Heights is a Smyrna community in Cobb County; current MLS records do not identify a specific set of shared community amenities, so any amenity value here is tied to the individual home and lot rather than a clubhouse, pool, or organized common area.
Pre-construction details are compiled from public records, builder announcements and builder listings, and are subject to change without notice; figures are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Momentum Research figures are our own analysis. This page describes homes, pricing and community attributes, not residents.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Russell Heights is best for.
Best for
- Evaluating a specific home on its own condition and lot rather than expecting neighborhood-wide amenities.
- Wanting a Smyrna, Cobb County location without factoring in an HOA-run amenity package.
- Comfortable making a decision from individual comps when broader community data is limited.
Probably not for
- Needing a documented, active resale market with clear days-on-market benchmarks before committing.
- Wanting a community built around shared amenities like a pool, clubhouse, or organized common space.
- Preferring a neighborhood with an established pricing history to anchor an offer or listing strategy.
The market around Russell Heights
Russell Heights is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.
In ZIP 30082, 116 homes are on the market and 16% are under contract — a slower corner of Smyrna.
Across Cobb County, 2,204 homes are active and 535 pending (20% under contract).
In ZIP 30082 (Smyrna), 250 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $455K ($202/sq ft), down 3.3% year over year, with a median 33 days on market. Right now 67 active and 13 pending listings put supply at about 4.5 months — a balanced market. See the live ZIP 30082 housing market.
ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Russell Heights specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.
Homes For Sale Right Now in Russell Heights
Live MLS inventory for Russell Heights. Every active listing, what is under contract right now, and the last 12 months of closed sales, refreshed twice a day. Closed comps beat an algorithm's guess every time.
Active and pending Russell Heights listings as of 2026-11-01, priced high to low. Listing data © 2026 Georgia MLS (GAMLS). Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed. 
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Russell Heights on the map.
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Schools
- Cobb County School System
- Verify the zoned schools by address
- Magnet and choice options may be available
- Russell · Elementary
- Other · Middle
- Osborne · High
District figures are official Georgia (GOSA) 2024-25 data. Zoned schools reflect the assignments reported on recent Russell Heights listings and can change; always confirm with the Cobb County School System for a specific address.
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The Russell Heights buying strategy.
If we were buying in Russell Heights today, this is the order of operations we would run for our clients.
Underwrite the condition first. Price the roof, HVAC, and systems honestly before judging any list price; condition swings value here more than square footage alone.
Match the home to real comps. Recent sales of similar condition and lot, not the asking price, tell you what a home is worth.
Move deliberately, not desperately. Neither side has a decisive edge, so a well-prepared, fairly-priced offer wins without overpaying.
Line up financing and inspection early. A pre-approval and an inspection plan let you act fast and negotiate from evidence.
Keep an agent in your corner. The listing agent works for the seller; we represent you and prepare a hand-built valuation before any offer in Russell Heights.
A quiet data picture
What stands out about Russell Heights right now is less about a specific number and more about the absence of one. There is no identified slate of community amenities coming through current listings, and the available MLS data does not yet support firm claims about pricing or pace of sale at the neighborhood level.
That does not make the location less relevant. Smyrna, in Cobb County, remains the fixed point here — proximity, road access, and the general character of the surrounding area are things a buyer can verify directly rather than through aggregated stats. Treat this as a community where the address does the talking until more transaction data accumulates.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Russell Heights. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a community with limited aggregated MLS data, the value of a broker shifts from reciting neighborhood statistics to doing the legwork on the ground — pulling individual comps, walking the specific home, and verifying condition and lot details directly instead of leaning on a data set that is not yet dense enough to trust on its own.
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | Georgia MLS, refreshed twice daily (last: November 1, 2026) |
| Under-contract shares | Georgia MLS records, as of 2026-09-20 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2026 (2 transactions analyzed) |
Verify the primary sources yourself: Georgia DOR · U.S. Census · FEMA flood maps.
Momentum Research figures are our own analysis of Georgia MLS records; MLS data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Methodology: how Momentum market scores are computed. Market metrics describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
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Every Home for Sale in Russell Heights Right Now (1)
All 1 active and pending Russell Heights listings with a detail page, newest first, refreshed twice a day from the MLS.
- 3870 Russell Street · $698,500 · 4 bd / 4.5 ba · listed Oct 24, 2026 · listed by Weichert Realtors - The Collective
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