Here's How Much Money Jimmy Carter Is Really Worth

Publish date: 2024-05-08

According to The Washington Post, Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn built a ranch home in Plains, Georgia, in 1961. After the president's term ended in 1981, they returned to that home where they've stayed for the past few decades. The home is about 4,000-square-feet and has four bedrooms along with three bathrooms, and its assessed tax value has remained under $200,000 (via Zillow). After returning to Georgia, Carter chose not to pursue high-paying speaking engagements or board appointments. 

"I don't see anything wrong with it; I don't blame other people for doing it. It just never had been my ambition to be rich," he's said.

When Carter returned to Georgia, his peanut business was failing and needed to be sold. It was reportedly sold for $1.2 million in March 1981, just weeks after Carter's White House term ended. He started writing books, and his publisher Simon & Schuster touts 20 different titles that he's released. However, the books reportedly didn't generate the astronomical paychecks that more recent presidents have received.

Carter continued to receive his annual pension of $210,000 per year and he taught at Emory University in Atlanta for nearly 40 years, noted CNN. His combined efforts over the decades ultimately allowed him to grow a net worth of $10 million, per Celebrity Net Worth. The former president and his wife may have generally stuck to their frugal habits, but they certainly built up a solid net worth.

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