Johns Creek vs Sandy Springs

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

Johns Creek 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 82,115 in Johns Creek). Johns Creek has the higher median household income ($160,185 vs $101,593 in Sandy Springs). Sandy Springs has the higher median home value ($583,900 vs $583,700 in Johns Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Johns Creek	Sandy Springs
Population	82,115	107,198
Median age	43.1 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$160,185	$101,593
Median home value	$583,700	$583,900
Median gross rent	$2,173	$1,789
Housing units	29,803	55,765
Homeownership rate	79.7%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.7%	69.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Johns Creek	Sandy Springs
Population	83,999 → 82,115 (-2.2%)	107,072 → 107,198 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$122,514 → $160,185 (+30.7%)	$78,613 → $101,593 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$400,100 → $583,700 (+45.9%)	$471,800 → $583,900 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,677 → $2,173 (+29.6%)	$1,327 → $1,789 (+34.8%)

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

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)

	Johns Creek	Sandy Springs
Under 5	4.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	22.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	7.5%	20.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	18.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.3%
75 and over	4.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Johns Creek	Sandy Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	47.8%	56.4%
Black or African American	11.2%	19.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	28.3%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Johns Creek	Sandy Springs
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	7.8%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	39.2%	39.8%
Graduate or professional degree	31.6%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Johns Creek	Sandy Springs
Drove alone	57.4%	60.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.2%
Public transit	0.5%	3.6%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	33.8%	29.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Johns Creek	Sandy Springs
1-unit, detached	77.5%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	25.3%
20 or more units	6.3%	25.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Johns Creek	Sandy Springs
Poverty rate	3.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.85	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1995	1988