Atlanta vs Roswell

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

Atlanta and Roswell 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 92,577 in Roswell). Roswell has the higher median household income ($124,422 vs $81,938 in Atlanta). Roswell has the higher median home value ($520,500 vs $420,600 in Atlanta).

Population, income & housing

	Atlanta	Roswell
Population	499,287	92,577
Median age	34.0 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,938	$124,422
Median home value	$420,600	$520,500
Median gross rent	$1,617	$1,707
Housing units	259,122	37,552
Homeownership rate	46.3%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	64.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlanta	Roswell
Population	488,800 → 499,287 (+2.1%)	94,498 → 92,577 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$59,948 → $81,938 (+36.7%)	$99,726 → $124,422 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$290,400 → $420,600 (+44.8%)	$374,700 → $520,500 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $1,617 (+40.2%)	$1,281 → $1,707 (+33.3%)

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

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)

	Atlanta	Roswell
Under 5	5.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.0%	19.3%
18 to 24	12.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	21.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.8%
75 and over	4.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlanta	Roswell
White (non-Hispanic)	38.3%	60.8%
Black or African American	46.3%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlanta	Roswell
No high school diploma	7.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	16.0%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	41.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.6%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlanta	Roswell
Drove alone	55.2%	58.3%
Carpooled	4.6%	8.3%
Public transit	6.4%	1.0%
Walked	4.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.3%
Worked from home	26.6%	29.0%
Other means	2.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlanta	Roswell
1-unit, detached	36.2%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	14.8%
20 or more units	39.2%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Atlanta	Roswell
Poverty rate	17.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.01	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1987	1989