Once a major Civil War battleground, Kennesaw is currently the fastest growing municipality in Cobb County. A close-knit city of more than 30,000 people, Kennesaw is located only minutes north of vibrant downtown Atlanta. This proximity to the state capital offers residents easy access to a multitude of world-class recreational, educational and cultural amenities. The city also offers a superior quality of life replete with outstanding education, fine dining, and premier shopping destinations. Housing options here consist of single-family detached homes, ranch-style homes, condominiums, townhouses, homes located near golf communities, and an abundance of land lots for custom building.
Grade-school children and K-8 students attend Kennesaw Elementary School and Big Shanty Intermediate School, while high school students attend two local high schools—Kennesaw Mountain High School and Harrison High School. Parochial and private schools such as Mount Paran Christian School are also available to serve the educational needs of Kennesaw’s youth. Kennesaw State University is the local college that many of Kennesaw’s students attend after they’ve graduated from high school.
Kennesaw’s many parks offer a wide variety of facilities and the community is also part of a “green space” program, which seeks to increase the amount of preserved open land within the town. Kennesaw is a prime location for manufacturing, distribution and retail centers thanks to its proximity to several major transportation routes and facilities, including the Cobb County Airport-McCollum Field, Georgia’s third busiest airport.
The Kennesaw real estate market is more diversified than ever before as more families and businesses relocate to suburban Atlanta. Single-family detached homes are the most popular form of housing and are available in every architectural style imaginable. Three- or four-bedroom ranch-style homes, two-story traditional homes and executive estate properties on large wooded lots range in sale price from the low $100,000s to $3.5 million. Some homes feature a greenbelt, lake, or stream, and some offer access to community facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, and walking trails. Many lovely neighborhoods, such as Legacy Park, Winchester Forest, Pinetree Country Club, Cherokee Ridge, English Oaks, Kennesaw Springs, were built around walk-up parks for residents. Numerous townhouses and condominiums are also available from the city center, to the outlying neighborhoods to the newly constructed golf communities. This type of housing is priced from just under $100,000 to $470,000. Plenty of land lots are also available for custom building. Looking for your new home? View currently listed homes in Kennesaw Georgia. See market trends of Kennesaw real estate market including average home prices, property values, townhomes, condominiums and other property types. Interested in bank owned or foreclosure properties? Access foreclosures, bank owned properties, short sales and more real estate in Kennesaw Georgia.