Atlanta vs Johns Creek

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

Atlanta and Johns Creek 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 82,115 in Johns Creek). Johns Creek has the higher median household income ($160,185 vs $81,938 in Atlanta). Johns Creek has the higher median home value ($583,700 vs $420,600 in Atlanta).

Population, income & housing

	Atlanta	Johns Creek
Population	499,287	82,115
Median age	34.0 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,938	$160,185
Median home value	$420,600	$583,700
Median gross rent	$1,617	$2,173
Housing units	259,122	29,803
Homeownership rate	46.3%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	70.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlanta	Johns Creek
Population	488,800 → 499,287 (+2.1%)	83,999 → 82,115 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$59,948 → $81,938 (+36.7%)	$122,514 → $160,185 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$290,400 → $420,600 (+44.8%)	$400,100 → $583,700 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $1,617 (+40.2%)	$1,677 → $2,173 (+29.6%)

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

Johns Creek

Population

83,99982,115

Median household income

$122,514$160,185

Median home value

$400,100$583,700

Median gross rent

$1,677$2,173

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlanta	Johns Creek
Under 5	5.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.0%	22.0%
18 to 24	12.9%	5.7%
25 to 34	21.8%	7.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	18.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.0%
75 and over	4.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlanta	Johns Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	38.3%	47.8%
Black or African American	46.3%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	28.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.6%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlanta	Johns Creek
No high school diploma	7.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	16.0%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	39.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.6%	31.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlanta	Johns Creek
Drove alone	55.2%	57.4%
Carpooled	4.6%	6.2%
Public transit	6.4%	0.5%
Walked	4.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	26.6%	33.8%
Other means	2.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlanta	Johns Creek
1-unit, detached	36.2%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	6.6%
20 or more units	39.2%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Atlanta	Johns Creek
Poverty rate	17.9%	3.9%
Average household size	2.01	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1987	1995