Housing & affordability in Atlanta

ACS 2020–24 · four inputs · 18% of the overall score

46/100
28th of 60

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The four inputs

Median home value vs metro$439,600

Atlanta $367,60040% · scores 60

Median rent vs metro$1,711/mo

Atlanta $1,672/mo30% · scores 52

Ownership rate46%

Atlanta 66%15% · scores 21

Households spending >30% of income on housing38%

Atlanta 33%15% · scores 22

Context, not scored

Median year built · Atlanta 19941989

Houses rather than flats · Atlanta 72%41%

Households with children · Atlanta 32%18%

Neither direction is better here, so none of it moves the grade. It is on the page because it changes what a place is like to live in.

Vertical rule marks the Atlanta reference. ACS 2020–24. Every scale is on the methodology page.

Best Atlanta suburbs for housing

All 60 ranked, Atlanta highlighted

1MiltonB+$789,000 2Johns CreekB$629,400 3AlpharettaB−$649,000 4RoswellC+$567,100 5BraseltonC+$459,400 6DecaturC+$701,400 7Peachtree CityC+$482,500 8BrookhavenC+$692,700 9DunwoodyC$602,900 10Holly SpringsC$448,400 11Sandy SpringsC$619,800 12Sugar HillC$413,400 13SnellvilleC−$335,000 14Powder SpringsC−$332,900 15WoodstockC−$436,500 16SuwaneeC−$480,600 17SmyrnaC−$449,500 18North DecaturC−$474,600 19LoganvilleD+$366,100 20North Druid HillsD+$515,900 21DuluthD+$400,800 22Peachtree CornersD+$484,700 23FayettevilleD+$368,200 24KennesawD+$335,400 25NorcrossD$403,400 26South FultonD$309,800 27CantonD$407,800 28AtlantaD$439,600 29TuckerD$384,500 30ChambleeD$432,800 31AcworthD$339,900 32NewnanD$364,700 33Villa RicaD$274,200 34MariettaD$448,500 35BufordD−$368,700 36MabletonD−$313,100 37LilburnD−$329,700 38FairburnD−$271,800 39CartersvilleD−$338,200 40DouglasvilleD−$359,200 41McDonoughD−$314,600 42Candler-McAfeeD−$259,300 43LawrencevilleF$350,600 44WinderF$288,500 45StockbridgeF$276,700 46DallasF$251,800 47RedanF$233,900 48StonecrestF$243,500 49East PointF$281,600 50CovingtonF$301,900 51ClarkstonF$302,600 52ConyersF$284,300 53Lithia SpringsF$220,000 54College ParkF$325,800 55CarrolltonF$311,100 56Union CityF$245,600 57RiverdaleF$178,800 58MonroeF$259,300 59GriffinF$220,900 60Forest ParkF$143,400

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Better than Atlanta on housing & affordability

Atlanta grades D on housing & affordability. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.

SuburbHousingMedian home valueOwnership rateOverall

Johns Creek22 mi from AtlantaB$629k80% 65 C+ Alpharetta23 mi from AtlantaB−$649k65% 70 B− Roswell20 mi from AtlantaC+$567k72% 70 B− Decatur7 mi from AtlantaC+$701k64% 74 B Brookhaven8 mi from AtlantaC+$693k53% 63 C+ Dunwoody14 mi from AtlantaC$603k56% 63 C+

Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Ownership rate: ACS 2020–24

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