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Atlanta, GA

510,826 Population
135.3 square miles 3,776.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$64,950 ±$3,164 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $44,803 ±$476
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Georgia: $39,685 ±$352
$85,880 ±$6,578 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $86,505 ±$862
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $74,632 ±$833

18.1% ±1.8% (86,749  ±8,750) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 11% 685,932 (±0.4% / ±25,211)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 13.6% 1,461,317 (±0.4% / ±38,018)

25.7 minutes ±0.6 (5,335,660  ±237,786) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 31.7 81,931,456 (±0.3 / ±1,077,112)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.7 128,833,304 (±0.2 / ±1,204,493)

Families

233,047 ±5,701 Number of households
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,341,283 ±8,800
  • Georgia: 4,150,138 ±14,424
2.1 ±0.1 (478,467  ±538) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2.7 6,216,423 (±0 / ±3,074)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 † 10,774,563 (±,133.9 / ±-555,555,600)

3.2% ±0.8% (4,945  ±1,256) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 4.9% 78,857 (±0.4% / ±5,780)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 141,228 (±0.3% / ±6,907)

Housing

270,820 ±5,301 Number of housing units
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,538,356 ±2,497
  • Georgia: 4,610,506 ±467

$443,300 ±$21,485 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $383,600 ±$2,548
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Georgia: $323,000 ±$1,915

21.3% ±1.6% (107,414  ±8,323.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 12.3% 768,236 (±0.4% / ±26,324.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,369,769 (±0.3% / ±34,280.3)

Social

92.6% ±2.6% (327,619  ±10,887.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 90.8% 3,871,035 (±0.8% / ±34,092.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 89.3% 6,653,783 (±0.6% / ±43,866.7)
59.6% ±2.1% (210,966  ±8,432.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 42.6% 1,815,274 (±0.5% / ±22,204.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 35.4% 2,637,795 (±0.4% / ±27,056)

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

9.8% ±1% (49,895  ±5,237) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 15.8% 995,270 (±0.4% / ±22,169)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 11.6% † 1,274,462 (±,582.1% / ±24,182)

3.6% ±0.6% (15,060  ±2,547) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 6.2% 298,253 (±0.2% / ±9,600)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 608,198 (±0.2% / ±13,207)
15,060 Total veterans ±2,547 13,841 Male ±2,423 1,219 Female ±617

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