Atlanta Home Sales: ZIP codes that prospered

Area appeal: Jobs. Dana Bauguss, managing broker of Re/Max Greater Atlanta, identifies the ZIP code as being in a corridor of growth, from Gwinnett to Hall counties. Hall, for example, saw a 15.2 percent increase in jobs from 2000-2006 (totaling 73,272 jobs), and Barrow experienced a 44.5 percent increase in jobs from 2000-2006 (totaling 16,117 jobs), according to data from the Atlanta Regional Commission. Janelle Mimms / Special