Alpharetta vs Sandy Springs

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

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

Sandy Springs has the higher population (107,198 vs 66,355 in Alpharetta). Alpharetta has the higher median household income ($146,581 vs $101,593 in Sandy Springs). Alpharetta has the higher median home value ($605,700 vs $583,900 in Sandy Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Alpharetta	Sandy Springs
Population	66,355	107,198
Median age	41.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$146,581	$101,593
Median home value	$605,700	$583,900
Median gross rent	$1,874	$1,789
Housing units	25,994	55,765
Homeownership rate	68.0%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.7%	69.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpharetta	Sandy Springs
Population	65,590 → 66,355 (+1.2%)	107,072 → 107,198 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$113,802 → $146,581 (+28.8%)	$78,613 → $101,593 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$422,800 → $605,700 (+43.3%)	$471,800 → $583,900 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,451 → $1,874 (+29.2%)	$1,327 → $1,789 (+34.8%)

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

Sandy Springs

Population

107,072107,198

Median household income

$78,613$101,593

Median home value

$471,800$583,900

Median gross rent

$1,327$1,789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpharetta	Sandy Springs
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	20.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	17.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	7.3%
75 and over	5.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpharetta	Sandy Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	54.4%	56.4%
Black or African American	10.9%	19.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	20.5%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpharetta	Sandy Springs
No high school diploma	3.1%	2.9%
High school graduate	8.4%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	39.8%
Graduate or professional degree	31.5%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpharetta	Sandy Springs
Drove alone	56.8%	60.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	4.2%
Public transit	0.7%	3.6%
Walked	1.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	34.1%	29.0%
Other means	1.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpharetta	Sandy Springs
1-unit, detached	57.2%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	25.3%
20 or more units	13.7%	25.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Alpharetta	Sandy Springs
Poverty rate	5.3%	7.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1996	1988