Alpharetta vs East Point

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

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

Alpharetta has the higher population (66,355 vs 38,233 in East Point). Alpharetta has the higher median household income ($146,581 vs $58,983 in East Point). Alpharetta has the higher median home value ($605,700 vs $247,500 in East Point).

Population, income & housing

	Alpharetta	East Point
Population	66,355	38,233
Median age	41.7 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$146,581	$58,983
Median home value	$605,700	$247,500
Median gross rent	$1,874	$1,314
Housing units	25,994	18,799
Homeownership rate	68.0%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.7%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpharetta	East Point
Population	65,590 → 66,355 (+1.2%)	34,957 → 38,233 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$113,802 → $146,581 (+28.8%)	$43,453 → $58,983 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$422,800 → $605,700 (+43.3%)	$139,800 → $247,500 (+77.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,451 → $1,874 (+29.2%)	$1,035 → $1,314 (+27.0%)

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

East Point

Population

34,95738,233

Median household income

$43,453$58,983

Median home value

$139,800$247,500

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,314

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpharetta	East Point
Under 5	5.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	17.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	17.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.3%
75 and over	5.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpharetta	East Point
White (non-Hispanic)	54.4%	10.2%
Black or African American	10.9%	75.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	20.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpharetta	East Point
No high school diploma	3.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	8.4%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	31.5%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpharetta	East Point
Drove alone	56.8%	60.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.7%	9.4%
Walked	1.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.1%	17.0%
Other means	1.6%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpharetta	East Point
1-unit, detached	57.2%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	26.5%
20 or more units	13.7%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Alpharetta	East Point
Poverty rate	5.3%	23.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1996	1970