Atlanta vs Sandy Springs

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

Atlanta and Sandy Springs 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 107,198 in Sandy Springs). Sandy Springs has the higher median household income ($101,593 vs $81,938 in Atlanta). Sandy Springs has the higher median home value ($583,900 vs $420,600 in Atlanta).

Population, income & housing

	Atlanta	Sandy Springs
Population	499,287	107,198
Median age	34.0 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,938	$101,593
Median home value	$420,600	$583,900
Median gross rent	$1,617	$1,789
Housing units	259,122	55,765
Homeownership rate	46.3%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	69.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlanta	Sandy Springs
Population	488,800 → 499,287 (+2.1%)	107,072 → 107,198 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$59,948 → $81,938 (+36.7%)	$78,613 → $101,593 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$290,400 → $420,600 (+44.8%)	$471,800 → $583,900 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $1,617 (+40.2%)	$1,327 → $1,789 (+34.8%)

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

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)

	Atlanta	Sandy Springs
Under 5	5.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	12.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	21.8%	20.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.3%
75 and over	4.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlanta	Sandy Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	38.3%	56.4%
Black or African American	46.3%	19.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlanta	Sandy Springs
No high school diploma	7.0%	2.9%
High school graduate	16.0%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	39.8%
Graduate or professional degree	25.6%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlanta	Sandy Springs
Drove alone	55.2%	60.1%
Carpooled	4.6%	4.2%
Public transit	6.4%	3.6%
Walked	4.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	26.6%	29.0%
Other means	2.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlanta	Sandy Springs
1-unit, detached	36.2%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	25.3%
20 or more units	39.2%	25.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Atlanta	Sandy Springs
Poverty rate	17.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.01	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1987	1988