Alpharetta vs Roswell

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

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

Roswell has the higher population (92,577 vs 66,355 in Alpharetta). Alpharetta has the higher median household income ($146,581 vs $124,422 in Roswell). Alpharetta has the higher median home value ($605,700 vs $520,500 in Roswell).

Population, income & housing

	Alpharetta	Roswell
Population	66,355	92,577
Median age	41.7 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$146,581	$124,422
Median home value	$605,700	$520,500
Median gross rent	$1,874	$1,707
Housing units	25,994	37,552
Homeownership rate	68.0%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.7%	64.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpharetta	Roswell
Population	65,590 → 66,355 (+1.2%)	94,498 → 92,577 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$113,802 → $146,581 (+28.8%)	$99,726 → $124,422 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$422,800 → $605,700 (+43.3%)	$374,700 → $520,500 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,451 → $1,874 (+29.2%)	$1,281 → $1,707 (+33.3%)

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

Roswell

Population

94,49892,577

Median household income

$99,726$124,422

Median home value

$374,700$520,500

Median gross rent

$1,281$1,707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpharetta	Roswell
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	17.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.8%
75 and over	5.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpharetta	Roswell
White (non-Hispanic)	54.4%	60.8%
Black or African American	10.9%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	20.5%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpharetta	Roswell
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	8.4%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	41.0%
Graduate or professional degree	31.5%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpharetta	Roswell
Drove alone	56.8%	58.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.3%
Public transit	0.7%	1.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	34.1%	29.0%
Other means	1.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpharetta	Roswell
1-unit, detached	57.2%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	14.8%
20 or more units	13.7%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Alpharetta	Roswell
Poverty rate	5.3%	7.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1996	1989