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Atlanta, GA

496,480 Population
135.3 square miles 3,668.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$55,051 ±$3,201 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: $39,904 ±$599
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Georgia: $35,086 ±$435
$74,107 ±$4,474 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: $77,589 ±$1,068
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $66,559 ±$712

18% ±2.3% (82,531  ±10,520) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 11.6% 700,620 (±0.6% / ±33,318)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 14% 1,476,348 (±0.4% / ±43,526)

25.1 minutes ±2.2 (3,976,060  ±243,452) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 29.6 67,226,976 (±0.3 / ±944,225)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 27.1 110,381,550 (±0.2 / ±1,314,984)

Families

232,720 ±5,791 Number of households
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 2,277,482 ±9,375
  • Georgia: 4,001,109 ±12,817
2 ±0.1 (458,386  ±7,210) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 2.7 6,059,274 (±0 / ±7,483)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,546,098 (±0)

5.2% ±1.2% (7,509  ±1,670) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 4.8% 76,222 (±0.4% / ±6,055)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,093 (±0.3% / ±7,538)

Housing

253,355 ±5,916 Number of housing units
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 2,451,238 ±3,565
  • Georgia: 4,475,242 ±715

$375,500 ±$16,651 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: $300,000 ±$2,913
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Georgia: $249,700 ±$2,441

23.6% ±2% (115,930  ±9,656.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 13.6% 825,817 (±0.6% / ±34,636.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,445,130 (±0.4% / ±41,727.6)

Social

92.7% ±2.9% (319,487  ±11,288) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 90.9% 3,759,007 (±1% / ±40,010.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,436,394 (±0.7% / ±50,274)
59.8% ±2.2% (206,198  ±8,436.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 42.2% 1,744,494 (±0.6% / ±26,516.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 34.6% 2,505,076 (±0.4% / ±31,475.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

8.5% ±0.9% (41,947  ±4,376) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 13.8% 847,348 (±0.4% / ±21,744)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 10% 1,082,965 (±0.2% / ±22,871)

4.3% ±0.6% (17,867  ±2,599) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 6.5% 302,228 (±0.2% / ±10,455)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 7.3% 595,743 (±0.2% / ±14,587)
17,867 Total veterans ±2,599 16,032 Male ±2,508 1,835 Female ±777

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