City safety & data profile

AtlantaGA

Atlanta, GA is a 511K-resident city in Fulton County with a median household income of $85,652.

Fulton County, Georgia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Atlanta, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Atlanta has a population larger than 99% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $439,600, and 9 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

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Data updated 2026-09-04

511K
Population (place): Top 1%
By size: $85,652
Median income (place): $439,600
Median home (place): 16.9%
Poverty rate (place)

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The read on Atlanta

Atlanta posts a median household income higher than 55% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 5 recent safety alerts are on record and 9 hospitals serve the Atlanta area.

Top 45%
by median income, US cities: 5
safety alerts on record: 9
hospitals in & near Atlanta

Where Atlanta income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$85,652 Top 45% higher than 55% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Atlanta

510,823
Columbus

206,922
Savannah

147,780
South Fulton

107,436
Sandy Springs

105,330
Roswell

94,501
Johns Creek

83,335
Albany

74,843
Warner Robins

73,490
Alpharetta

63,693

What this shows Atlanta is the largest GA city on this list; Milton leads median income.

Milton

$171,295
Johns Creek

$160,093
Alpharetta

$147,612
Decatur

$139,397
Druid Hills

$130,139
Mountain Park

$129,583
Roswell

$128,654
Evans

$125,098
Dunwoody

$121,903
Brookhaven

$117,663

What this shows Milton posts the highest place-level median income in GA; Atlanta is largest by headcount.

The quick read

Reading Atlanta, GA beyond the headline numbers

Atlanta sits inside Fulton County, Georgia, at roughly 33.75°N, -84.39°W. Population 510,823, $85,652 median household income. Median home value $439,600, median rent $1,711. Poverty rate 16.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

9 hospitals in/around Atlanta, 3/5 avg rating, 5 with an ER.

16.9% of Atlanta, GA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Atlanta runs about 5.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

29.7% of Atlanta workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 4.5% in Atlanta, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

5.7% of Atlanta workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Atlanta's median age is 34.2 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Atlanta from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)

510,823

Atlanta · Census Place

Median Income (place)

$85,652

-4% vs avg

Median Home Value (place)

$439,600

+6% vs avg

Median Age (place)

34.2

years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Fulton County): Atlanta's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024

Population

1.1M+13%

Median Income

$95,292+68%

Median Home Value

$458,800+93%

Poverty Rate

12.3%-30%

Unemployment

5.3%-54%

Economics

Economics indicators for Atlanta, GA
Indicator	Value
Median Rent	$1,711/mo
Poverty Rate	16.9% +36% vs avg
Unemployment	5.9%
Bachelor's Degree+	59.2%
Work From Home	29.7%
Public Transit	5.7%

Population

White 39.1%

African American 46%

Asian 5.3%

Two or More Ethnicities 3.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration

40.8%

High Blood Pressure

31.7%

Obesity

29.3%

Physical Inactivity

21.1%

Frequent Mental Distress

17.2%

Binge Drinking

17.2%

Lack of Health Insurance

11.3%

Frequent Physical Distress

11.1%

Current Smoking

11.1%

Diabetes

10.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.7%

Annual Checkup 76%

Other Measures

Current Asthma

9.9%

Coronary Heart Disease

4.5%

Stroke

3.1%

Hospitals 9 total

Rating Distribution

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Average Rating

3/5

Total Hospitals

With ER

EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL