746 Marshall Fuller Rd, Dallas GA 30157
Feb 19, 2021 · RESIDENTIAL SALE
Personally Closed
$350,000
The Marshall Fuller Road area of Dallas in Paulding County, west of Atlanta.
A residential sale in Dallas closed by Rob personally.
County hub 017
Paulding County.
Metro Atlanta's western growth county, filed from the Dallas square.
Paulding is the western metro's growth county, organized around the county seat of Dallas, the Silver Comet Trail and a commute that runs about an hour to downtown Atlanta.
The County
Read like a local
Paulding County sits in the northwest corner of the metro, roughly thirty miles from downtown Atlanta. It was created in 1832 and named for John Paulding, one of the soldiers who captured the British spy Major John André during the American Revolution. The county seat moved to Dallas in 1851, and the town has anchored the county's square, courthouse and commerce ever since.
For decades Paulding was farm country and timber; the Silver Comet Trail, a roughly 61-mile paved rail trail that crosses the county along an old railroad bed, now carries a good part of the county's identity. Today the county reads as a family market: subdivisions on former farmland, a working courthouse square, and commutes that point toward Marietta, the Perimeter and the western arc of Atlanta.
Towns in Paulding
The community briefs
Market Overview
The numbers, framed honestly
County averages flatten what actually matters: the subdivision, the street and the school cluster. The read below is the measured version, kept current when the data moves.
Paulding's market is a metro-adjacent family book with a country setting: newer construction on the east side near Hiram and the Cobb line, established ranch and brick stock in Dallas and the older parts of the county, and acreage the farther west and north you go. The county's growth has been steady for two decades, and pricing is street and subdivision specific.
The numbers move with each month's closings: median price, price per square foot, days on market and the inventory that is actually active. When the timing matters, ask Rob to pull the last 90 days for the specific corner you are watching rather than the county average.
The current numbers are at my desk, not on a page: median price, inventory, days on market and the range that actually closed. Ask and I will pull them for your target area before you budget.
The Local Landscape
What the housing stock actually is
The most useful frame for shortlisting: which homes exist here, which are new, which hold value and where the room is.
Home styles
The stock is growth-era: brick and vinyl family homes from the 1980s and 1990s, newer production homes in subdivisions across the eastern half of the county, and older farmhouses and mobile homes on acreage toward the Polk line. Dallas holds the older, tree-lined streets; the new building runs along the GA 92 and US 278 corridors.
New construction
Builder activity concentrates on the county's east side toward Hiram, Braswell and the Cobb line, with a steady drip of new subdivisions around Dallas itself. Product is mostly production-built family homes on community lots. For the active list, ask Rob: the roster changes quarterly.
Established neighborhoods
Established stock centers on Dallas and the older parts of the county: brick ranches on settled streets, the neighborhoods around the square, and farm properties that have been in families for generations. These trade on known ground and mature trees rather than builder amenities.
Luxury & acreage
The premium end is land: horse-friendly acreage, farm tracts and newer estate homes on the county's west and north sides. It is not a golf-course market; buyers who want room buy acreage and build, or buy the newer estate subdivisions that have started appearing.
Schools
The Paulding County School District serves the county from its Dallas base, with schools distributed across the county including Paulding, East Paulding, North Paulding, South Paulding and Hiram high schools. Individual assignments ride on the property address and the current zone map, which Rob verifies before any school conversation.
Relocation notes
Relocations into Paulding are usually driven by value and space: more house and land than the closer-in counties at a price the metro can still call reasonable. Rob structures the search around the commute corridor, the school side and the specific subdivision, in that order.
Transportation & commute
Paulding sits between I-75 to the east and I-20 to the south. Most commutes run along US 278, GA 92 and the East West Connector toward Marietta and the Perimeter; downtown Atlanta runs roughly forty-five to sixty minutes on a normal day, and the airport about an hour.
Employment corridors
The county's employment base is government, the school district, healthcare and retail, with a large share of residents commuting east into Cobb County and the rest of the metro. The Silver Comet Trail's draw and the growth along the western corridors add pressure on the commuter side.
Luxury & acreage
The premium end is land: horse-friendly acreage, farm tracts and newer estate homes on the county's west and north sides. It is not a golf-course market; buyers who want room buy acreage and build, or buy the newer estate subdivisions that have started appearing.
Rob's Take on Paulding
“Paulding is the western metro's understated family market: the growth is real, the commute is honest and the square still works. Buy the street and the school side rather than the county's reputation, and the county delivers quietly.”
Rob Dietrich, REALTOR®, eXp Realty
Asked Often
The questions buyers lead with
Straight answers first, detail on the call. Every question below is one Rob actually gets from buyers in this county.
Is Paulding County part of metro Atlanta?
Yes. The county is one of the metro's western counties, about thirty miles from downtown, connected by US 278, GA 92 and the East West Connector. Most of its working residents commute into Cobb County and the wider Atlanta job market.
How far is Dallas from Atlanta?
Roughly thirty miles northwest of downtown, about forty-five to sixty minutes on a normal day. Marietta and the I-75 corridor run about half an hour.
What is Paulding County known for?
The Silver Comet Trail, the roughly 61-mile paved rail trail that crosses the county, and Pickett's Mill Battlefield, one of the best-preserved Civil War battlefields in the country. Dallas reads as a working small-town square.
What schools serve Paulding County?
The Paulding County School District, with schools across the county and high schools including Paulding, East Paulding, North Paulding, South Paulding and Hiram. Assignments ride on the individual property address.
Is the Silver Comet Trail usable for recreation?
Yes. The trail is paved, runs roughly 61 miles from Smyrna to the Alabama line, and crosses Paulding County along the old rail bed. It is open dawn to dusk to walkers, runners, cyclists and, in places, equestrians.
Closed-sale stories
Success stories
Verified closed transactions from Rob's records, filed by address.
Working the County
Where the conversation goes next
The Neighbor Hubs
The counties around Paulding
Gwinnett County
The eastern engine of the metro's family market.
Hall County
Lake Lanier, the medical corridor and the I-985 commute.
Barrow County
Winder's square, Auburn's growth and the GA 316 corridor.
Jackson County
Braselton's boom, Hoschton's small town and I-85 at the door.
Walton County
Loganville on the Gwinnett line, country living within reach of two metros.
Forsyth County
Cumming's square, Lake Lanier and the GA 400 growth corridor.
Habersham County
Blue Ridge foothills between Gainesville and the mountain country.
Baldwin County
Milledgeville's historic square, Georgia College's campus and Lake Sinclair's shoreline.
Banks County
Homer's small-town seat, Maysville on the county line and foothills country east of I-85.
Bryan County
Pembroke's small-town seat and the jobs corridor along I-16 west of Savannah.
DeKalb County
Atlanta's eastern neighbor: Emory, the CDC, Stone Mountain and Decatur's square.
Effingham County
Coastal Georgia between Savannah and Statesboro, on the I-16 and I-95 corridors.
Franklin County
The Piedmont foothills: Carnesville's seat, Lavonia on I-85 and Ty Cobb's home town.
Fulton County
The core of the Atlanta metro: the capital city, Hartsfield-Jackson, GA 400's tech corridor and the Chattahoochee's green edge.
Hart County
Northeast Georgia's lake county: Hartwell's small-town seat and a reservoir that shapes the county's eastern edge.
Oconee County
The county on Athens' southern doorstep: Watkinsville's seat, Piedmont farmland and steady exurban growth.
Rockdale County
The I-20 county east of Atlanta: Conyers' Olde Town, the Horse Park and the monastery.
Stephens County
Toccoa's foothills seat, Toccoa Falls and the Currahee ridge.
Washington County
Sandersville's kaolin fields, the railroad town of Tennille and Warthen's frontier history.
White County
Cleveland's mountain seat at Yonah's base, Helen's Bavarian village and the Chattahoochee's headwaters.
Whitfield County
Dalton's carpet economy on the I-75 ridge, Tunnel Hill's railroad cut and the mountains' southern edge.
Wilkinson County
Toomsboro's railroad town, the Oconee River and the quiet rural center of Georgia.
Buy the county like a local, not a visitor.
The briefs are the starting point; the fifteen-minute call is where the current numbers, the zone maps and the strategy get built. Bring your list, leave with a plan.