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Atlanta, GA

520,066 Population
135.3 square miles 3,843.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 38 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$66,986 ±$2,962 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $47,744 ±$543
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Georgia: $41,996 ±$344
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$88,165 ±$4,451 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $92,344 ±$963
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $79,991 ±$633
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.8% ±1.9% (77,312  ±9,344) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 10% 633,704 (±0.4% / ±25,657)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,373,284 (±0.3% / ±36,640)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.5 minutes ±1 (5,708,355  ±323,327) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 32.4 85,690,430 (±0.3 / ±1,054,266)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 29.4 135,223,580 (±0.2 / ±1,380,047)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

244,482 ±5,448 Number of households
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,390,346 ±9,555
  • Georgia: 4,220,732 ±13,456
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2 ±0 (487,636  ±505) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2.7 6,324,049 (±0 / ±2,509)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,927,528
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.4% ±0.8% (5,352  ±1,250) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 5.1% 82,258 (±0.4% / ±6,253)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 5.1% 139,303 (±0.3% / ±8,033)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

284,949 ±5,143 Number of housing units
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,573,295 ±2,276
  • Georgia: 4,668,796 ±534
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$462,200 ±$18,823 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $402,100 ±$4,196
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Georgia: $343,300 ±$2,287
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

21.5% ±1.8% (110,757  ±9,371.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 13.2% 833,635 (±0.5% / ±28,305.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 12.9% 1,421,007 (±0.3% / ±35,778.8)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.7% ±2.5% (348,471  ±11,256.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 91.5% 3,983,076 (±0.8% / ±36,067.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 89.8% 6,813,223 (±0.6% / ±46,285.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
62.1% ±2% (228,673  ±8,586.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 43.9% 1,909,329 (±0.5% / ±23,835.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 36.3% 2,755,502 (±0.4% / ±28,804.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.2% ±1.1% (53,159  ±5,465) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 16% 1,027,241 (±0.4% / ±22,174)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 11.9% 1,333,177
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.1% ±0.6% (17,717  ±2,490) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 6.1% 300,335 (±0.2% / ±10,629)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 7% 604,059 (±0.2% / ±12,553)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
17,717 Total veterans ±2,490 14,288 Male ±2,315 3,429 Female ±1,347

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