The Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metro has 6.3M residents (per 2024 ACS 5-year Estimates ), a 2024 median household income of $90K, median home value of $368K, median age of 37, and a 42% bachelor's-degree share among adults 25 and older. The analysis below clusters neighborhoods within the metro's urbanized areas, covering 4.7M of those 6.3M residents. A northern arc through North Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Roswell, Milton, and Johns Creek leads on home values, incomes, and education together, while a southern Clayton County band running through Forest Park and Morrow sits at the bottom.
Median home value
The top neighborhood is the North Atlanta cluster at $1.1M, roughly three times the metro median. Milton follows at $913K, and the South Sandy Springs cluster sits at $849K. At the bottom, the area west of Forest Park reports $158K and the area west of Morrow reports $179K — both within the southern Clayton County corridor near Hartsfield–Jackson . The bulk of the metro's neighborhoods fall in the $300K–$500K band, with the dark-blue ≥$600K tier confined to a north-of-I-285 arc from Smyrna through Milton to Johns Creek.
Median household income
Milton again leads at $236K, followed by the North Atlanta cluster at $195K and three further north-metro clusters near Roswell and Milton in the $185K–$187K range. The lowest incomes are concentrated in a band west and southwest of downtown: the area west of Forest Park at $42K, west of Atlanta at $46K, the West Atlanta cluster at $47K, the area north of Stonecrest at $48K, and an East Atlanta neighborhood at $51K. The high-income (≥$140K) tier covers the same north-metro band that holds the highest home values; the under-$60K tier wraps around the urban core's west and south sides.
Median age
The oldest neighborhoods sit at the metro's outer edges. The area north of Roswell tops the metro at 48, with the area west of Holly Springs in Cherokee County at 47 and three other exurban clusters near Stonecrest, Johns Creek, and Holly Springs at 46. The youngest neighborhood is east of Clarkston at 29, a community long established as a refugee resettlement hub. Three close-in neighborhoods follow at 30–31: south of North Druid Hills, west of Morrow, and a West Lawrenceville cluster. Most of the metro sits in the 36–40 band; the ≥42 tier is almost entirely exurban.
Adults with a bachelor's degree
Education tracks income closely. The North Atlanta cluster leads at 84%, with three other intown and north-metro neighborhoods between 77% and 80%. The lowest shares are in the southern Clayton County band: west of Forest Park at 13%, west of Jonesboro at 16%, east of Forest Park at 19%, and north of Lilburn at 20%. The ≥70% tier hugs the northern arc from Smyrna through Sandy Springs to Johns Creek; the under-30% tier traces the same south-and-west crescent as the lowest-income map.
Where the patterns overlap
The same northern arc — North Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Milton, Roswell, Johns Creek — sits at the top of home values, incomes, and education simultaneously. The same southern band around Forest Park, Morrow, and Jonesboro sits at the bottom of all three. Age cuts across that wealth gradient: the metro's oldest neighborhoods are exurban on both sides, while its youngest mix close-in, recently built-up areas with the Clarkston refugee corridor in the east.
Key Takeaways
- The North Atlanta cluster leads the metro on home value ($1.1M), income ($195K), and education (84% with a bachelor's) at once.
- Milton tops household income at $236K, nearly 2.6× the metro median of $90K.
- A southern Clayton County band west of Forest Park sits at the bottom on home value ($158K), income ($42K), and bachelor's share (13%).
- The exurban north — north of Roswell, west of Holly Springs — holds the oldest neighborhoods at 47–48 years.
- The area east of Clarkston is the metro's youngest at 29, well below the metro median of 37.