Alpharetta vs Atlanta

A side-by-side comparison of Alpharetta and Atlanta: population, income, housing, and more.

Alpharetta and Atlanta are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Atlanta has the higher population (499,287 vs 66,355 in Alpharetta). Alpharetta has the higher median household income ($146,581 vs $81,938 in Atlanta). Alpharetta has the higher median home value ($605,700 vs $420,600 in Atlanta).

Population, income & housing

	Alpharetta	Atlanta
Population	66,355	499,287
Median age	41.7 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$146,581	$81,938
Median home value	$605,700	$420,600
Median gross rent	$1,874	$1,617
Housing units	25,994	259,122
Homeownership rate	68.0%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.7%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpharetta	Atlanta
Population	65,590 → 66,355 (+1.2%)	488,800 → 499,287 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$113,802 → $146,581 (+28.8%)	$59,948 → $81,938 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$422,800 → $605,700 (+43.3%)	$290,400 → $420,600 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,451 → $1,874 (+29.2%)	$1,153 → $1,617 (+40.2%)

Alpharetta

Population

65,59066,355

Median household income

$113,802$146,581

Median home value

$422,800$605,700

Median gross rent

$1,451$1,874

Atlanta

Population

488,800499,287

Median household income

$59,948$81,938

Median home value

$290,400$420,600

Median gross rent

$1,153$1,617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpharetta	Atlanta
Under 5	5.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	12.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	12.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	21.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	17.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	9.8%
65 to 74	6.7%	7.5%
75 and over	5.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpharetta	Atlanta
White (non-Hispanic)	54.4%	38.3%
Black or African American	10.9%	46.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	20.5%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpharetta	Atlanta
No high school diploma	3.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	8.4%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	31.5%	25.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpharetta	Atlanta
Drove alone	56.8%	55.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.7%	6.4%
Walked	1.5%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	34.1%	26.6%
Other means	1.6%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpharetta	Atlanta
1-unit, detached	57.2%	36.2%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	12.2%
20 or more units	13.7%	39.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Alpharetta	Atlanta
Poverty rate	5.3%	17.9%
Average household size	2.66	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1996	1987