Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell

60 cities and suburbs across Atlanta, each scored out of 100 on the same national scales. The metro's median home is $367,600 and its mean commute 31.0 min. Decatur scores highest overall at 74. Carrollton leads on cost of living.

Places

Median score

Poll responses

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Atlanta →

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Sandy Springs →

Coverage

60 places
in Atlanta

One of 50 metros graded so far, on the same national scales.

10 mi

20 mi

30 mi

Downtown Atlanta

Downtown Sandy Springs

Decatur

Alpharetta

Roswell

Woodstock

Smyrna

Peachtree City

Peachtree Corners

Milton

Brookhaven

Kennesaw

Marietta

North Decatur

Buford

Duluth

Cartersville

Canton

Newnan

Carrollton

Acworth

Mableton

Braselton

Fairburn

Villa Rica

Lilburn

Winder

South Fulton

Douglasville

Union City

Stockbridge

McDonough

Conyers

Dallas

Covington

Monroe

Candler-McAfee

Griffin

Riverdale

Forest Park

Stonecrest

Dot size = overall scoreA B C D Positions plotted from place centroids · rings measured from Downtown Atlanta

Every suburb of Atlanta, ranked

#	Place	Score	Hous	Scho	Cost	Comm	Amen	Empl	Resi
1	Decatur	74 B	C+	A+	C−	B−	A−	B−	—
2	Alpharetta	70 B−	B−	B	C+	C+	B	B−	—
3	Roswell	70 B−	C+	B+	B−	C	B−	B	—
4	Sandy Springs	70 B−	C	B	C+	B−	B	B−	—
5	Woodstock	67 C+	C−	B	B+	D	B+	B	—
6	Smyrna	67 C+	C−	B	B−	C−	B	B−	—
7	Peachtree City	66 C+	C+	B+	C	D+	B	C	—
8	Johns Creek	65 C+	B	B	C−	D+	C−	B	—
9	Peachtree Corners	65 C+	D+	B	C+	C	B+	C+	—
10	North Druid Hills	63 C+	D+	D−	B−	B	B+	B+	—
11	Milton	63 C+	B+	B−	C−	C	F	A−	—
12	Brookhaven	63 C+	C+	D−	C+	B−	B	B+	—
13	Dunwoody	63 C+	C	D−	B−	B−	B−	B+	—
14	Kennesaw	62 C	D+	B+	B	D+	B	D+	—
15	Marietta	61 C	D	C+	B	C−	A−	C−	—
16	Suwanee	61 C	C−	C+	B−	D+	C	C+	—
17	North Decatur	60 C	C−	D−	C+	B−	B+	C	—
18	Atlanta	60 C	D	D+	B−	B−	B+	C−	—
19	Buford	59 C	D−	A−	B	D+	C−	D	—
20	Duluth	59 C	D+	B−	B	D	C−	C	—
21	Cartersville	59 C	D−	B−	B	D+	C+	C	—
22	Canton	59 C	D	B	B−	C−	C	D+	—
23	Newnan	59 C	D	B	B	D−	C+	C	—
24	Carrollton	59 C	F	B−	A−	B−	B−	D−	—
25	Acworth	59 C	D	B	B	D−	C+	C−	—
26	Powder Springs	58 C	C−	B	B	F	D+	C	—
27	Sugar Hill	58 C	C	B−	C+	F	C−	C+	—
28	Norcross	58 C	D	B	C+	D+	D+	C+	—
29	Chamblee	58 C	D	D−	B−	C	B	B−	—
30	Mableton	57 C−	D−	B	B	D−	D+	C−	—
31	Braselton	57 C−	C+	C−	C+	D	D−	C+	—
32	Lawrenceville	56 C−	F	B	B	F	B	D−	—
33	Fairburn	56 C−	D−	B−	B+	F	F	B−	—
34	Holly Springs	55 C−	C	B−	C	F	F	B	—
35	Fayetteville	55 C−	D+	B+	B−	F	C	F	—
36	Villa Rica	55 C−	D	C+	B	F	C	C	—
37	East Point	55 C−	F	B+	B+	D	C−	D−	—
38	Snellville	55 C−	C−	B−	B	F	C+	D	—
39	College Park	53 C−	F	C+	A−	B−	C	F	—
40	Lilburn	52 D+	D−	B−	C−	F	B−	D−	—
41	Loganville	51 D+	D+	B−	C+	F	C−	D+	—
42	Tucker	50 D+	D	D−	C+	D+	C	D	—
43	Winder	49 D+	F	C−	B	F	C	D−	—
44	South Fulton	49 D+	D	B	B−	F	F	D	—
45	Douglasville	48 D+	D−	C−	B−	F	D−	D+	—
46	Union City	48 D+	F	B	B+	D−	F	D−	—
47	Stockbridge	47 D	F	D+	B+	F	D	D−	—
48	McDonough	47 D	D−	D+	C+	F	C−	D+	—
49	Lithia Springs	46 D	F	C−	A−	D−	D−	F	—
50	Conyers	46 D	F	D−	A−	D	D+	F	—
51	Clarkston	45 D	F	D−	B	F	B−	F	—
52	Dallas	45 D	F	C+	B+	F	D	F	—
53	Covington	45 D	F	D−	B	F	B	F	—
54	Monroe	44 D	F	B−	B	F	C−	F	—
55	Candler-McAfee	43 D	D−	D−	B	F	D	F	—
56	Griffin	42 D−	F	D−	B−	C	D	F	—
57	Riverdale	41 D−	F	F	B+	D	F	D	—
58	Redan	40 D−	F	D−	B	F	D	F	—
59	Forest Park	38 D−	F	F	B+	D−	C	F	—
60	Stonecrest	37 F	F	F	B−	F	F	F	—

— for Residents: fewer than 8 poll responses, so the category is not yet counted. Those places' overall scores are computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. 60 of 60 are currently below the threshold.

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8 head-to-heads

Atlanta vs North Druid Hills South Fulton vs Union City Sandy Springs vs Dunwoody Roswell vs Alpharetta Johns Creek vs Duluth Mableton vs Lithia Springs Johns Creek vs Alpharetta Marietta vs Smyrna

5 guides

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