Atlanta, GA (Georgia) Houses and Residents

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Atlanta Apartments for Rent

Total population: 519,145 (Urban population: 519,114, Rural population: 31 (all nonfarm))

Atlanta, Georgia Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 186,998 (168,242 occupied: 73,475 owner occupied, 94,767 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	56%
State:	33%

Housing density: 1419 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $338,201.

Median contract rent in 2007: $666 (lower quartile is $471, upper quartile is $922)

Housing units in Atlanta with a mortgage: 44,875 (5,483 second mortgage, 5,953 home equity loan, 261 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 16,333

Atlanta,GA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $240,300 (it was $144,100 in 2000)

Atlanta:	$240,300
Georgia:	$164,500

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $150,300 - $455,200

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $395,422
Here: $395,422
State: $234,442

Townhouses or other attached units: $322,652
Here: $322,652
State: $202,354

In 2-unit structures: $434,936
Here: $434,936
State: $222,245

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $216,196
Here: $216,196
State: $151,985

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $275,389
Here: $275,389
State: $219,544

Mobile homes: $75,321
Here: $75,321
State: $44,353

Median year house/condo built: 1959

Median year apartment built: 1968

Household type by relationship

Households: 387,560

In family households: 278,357 (41,654 male householders, 42,825 female householders)
42,501 spouses, 103,515 children (97,735 natural, 2,446 adopted, 3,334 stepchildren), 16,277 grandchildren, 7,771 brothers or sisters, 3,143 parents, 9,771 other relatives, 10,900 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 109,203 (41,892 male householders (30,038 living alone)), 41,970 female householders (34,598 living alone)), 25,341 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 29,069 (8,835 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 33,230 2-persons, 20,906 3-persons, 15,174 4-persons, 7,926 5-persons, 3,983 6-persons, 3,260 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 64,636 1-person, 15,795 2-persons, 2,342 3-persons, 597 4-persons, 225 5-persons, 127 6-persons, 140 7-or-more-persons.

28,862 married couples with children.
44,009 single-parent households (4,109 men, 39,900 women).

89.2% of residents of Atlanta speak English at home.
5.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 27,352 (6.6%)
(24.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	6.2

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.7
State:	4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Atlanta, Georgia:
	1 room: 318 2 rooms: 1,509 3 rooms: 3,494 4 rooms: 5,887 5 rooms: 14,396 6 rooms: 17,529 7 rooms: 11,597 8 rooms: 7,804 9 or more rooms: 10,941

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Atlanta, Georgia:
	1 room: 6,325 2 rooms: 12,952 3 rooms: 23,416 4 rooms: 24,687 5 rooms: 15,288 6 rooms: 7,065 7 rooms: 2,776 8 rooms: 1,274 9 or more rooms: 984

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 3,436
1995 to 1998: 8,893
1990 to 1994: 8,570
1980 to 1989: 17,182
1970 to 1979: 25,805
1960 to 1969: 38,430
1950 to 1959: 33,283
1940 to 1949: 20,019
1939 or earlier: 31,380

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Atlanta:
	no bedroom: 523 1 bedroom: 4,695 2 bedrooms: 22,230 3 bedrooms: 30,265 4 bedrooms: 11,712 5 or more bedrooms: 4,050

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Atlanta:
	no bedroom: 7,925 1 bedroom: 35,308 2 bedrooms: 35,660 3 bedrooms: 12,369 4 bedrooms: 2,669 5 or more bedrooms: 836

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Atlanta in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 6,560 1 vehicle: 27,726 2 vehicles: 28,050 3 vehicles: 8,611 4 vehicles: 1,980 5 or more vehicles: 548

Cars and other vehicles available in Atlanta in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 33,118 1 vehicle: 43,550 2 vehicles: 14,431 3 vehicles: 2,586 4 vehicles: 622 5 or more vehicles: 460

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Atlanta, GA:

Less than $10,000: 235
$10,000 to $14,999: 117
$15,000 to $19,999: 140
$20,000 to $24,999: 152
$25,000 to $29,999: 236
$30,000 to $34,999: 235
$35,000 to $39,999: 232
$40,000 to $49,999: 569
$50,000 to $59,999: 885
$60,000 to $69,999: 1631
$70,000 to $79,999: 2091
$80,000 to $89,999: 2626
$90,000 to $99,999: 2899
$100,000 to $124,999: 9222
$125,000 to $149,999: 9485
$150,000 to $174,999: 5601
$175,000 to $199,999: 2972
$200,000 to $249,999: 5796
$250,000 to $299,999: 5887
$300,000 to $399,999: 8331
$400,000 to $499,999: 6592
$500,000 to $749,999: 10181
$750,000 to $999,999: 4268
$1,000,000 or more: 7628

Atlanta rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Atlanta:

Less than $100: 3,344 people
$100 to $149: 2,284
$150 to $199: 3,018
$200 to $249: 2,532
$250 to $299: 2,399
$300 to $349: 2,200
$350 to $399: 2,390
$400 to $449: 3,197
$450 to $499: 3,776
$500 to $549: 3,624
$550 to $599: 3,950
$600 to $649: 4,526
$650 to $699: 4,902
$700 to $749: 4,128
$750 to $799: 3,570
$800 to $899: 5,720
$900 to $999: 4,737
$1,000 to $1,249: 8,268
$1,250 to $1,499: 3,683
$1,500 to $1,999: 3,415
$2,000 or more: 2,006
No cash rent: 2,367

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 13,461 1990 to 1994: 4,865 1985 to 1989: 2,689 1980 to 1984: 1,849 1975 to 1979: 1,462 1970 to 1974: 973 1970 to 1974: 689 1965 to 1969: 1,364

Atlanta, GA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 69.5%
Number of people working at home: 6,741 (3.8% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 3127
5 to 9 minutes: 13151
10 to 14 minutes: 22147
15 to 19 minutes: 30037
20 to 24 minutes: 28757
25 to 29 minutes: 10372
30 to 34 minutes: 26823
35 to 39 minutes: 4267
40 to 44 minutes: 4859
45 to 59 minutes: 11502
60 to 89 minutes: 10061
90 or more minutes: 7126

Atlanta mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 114,560 (64%)
Carpooled: 22,181 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 20,502 (11%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 110 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 5,438 (3%)
Railroad: 310 (0%)
Ferryboat: 59 (0%)
Taxi: 474 (0%)
Motorcycle: 206 (0%)
Bicycle: 562 (0%)
Walked: 6,261 (3%)
Other means: 1,566 (1%)
Worked at home: 6,741 (4%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 28669
$10,000 to $14,999: 12267
$15,000 to $19,999: 11944
$20,000 to $24,999: 11247
$25,000 to $29,999: 10431
$30,000 to $34,999: 9972
$35,000 to $39,999: 8214
$40,000 to $44,999: 7413
$45,000 to $49,999: 6077
$50,000 to $59,999: 11344
$60,000 to $74,999: 12475
$75,000 to $99,999: 12859
$100,000 to $124,999: 7906
$125,000 to $149,999: 4492
$150,000 to $199,999: 4475
$200,000 or more: 8556

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 215619

English: 18683

Irish: 12750

United States or American: 12412

German: 12076

Subsaharan African:: 7600

African: 5473

Italian: 5345

Scotch-Irish: 4919

Scottish: 4670

European: 2945

French (except Basque): 2873

Russian: 2458

Polish: 2284

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 2259

British: 1846

Swedish: 1145

Dutch: 1145

Jamaican: 1125

Welsh: 882

Norwegian: 837

Arab:: 828

Greek: 776

Nigerian: 615

French Canadian: 600

Ethiopian: 580

Hungarian: 536

Haitian: 456

Eastern European: 452

Danish: 412

Canadian: 411

Lithuanian: 391

Swiss: 387

Lebanese: 355

Ukrainian: 334

Czech: 302

Austrian: 300

Northern European: 265

Sudanese: 230

Belgian: 200

Armenian: 195

Other Subsaharan African: 186

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 184

Iranian: 178

Czechoslovakian: 173

Ghanian: 166

Turkish: 161

Finnish: 155

West Indian: 154

Portuguese: 151

Yugoslavian: 135

Croatian: 127

Brazilian: 117

Slovak: 109

Scandinavian: 106

Romanian: 98

Moroccan: 95

South African: 92

Other Arab: 90

Australian: 84

British West Indian: 83

Iraqi: 80

Celtic: 80

Egyptian: 79

U.S. Virgin Islander: 76

Liberian: 75

Acadian/Cajun: 73

Guyanese: 69

Serbian: 66

Israeli: 65

Bahamian: 65

Latvian: 59

Somalian: 58

Syrian: 58

Barbadian: 57

Sierra Leonean: 50

Bermudan: 50

Arab/Arabic: 42

Slovene: 38

Slavic: 38

Cape Verdean: 33

Icelander: 31

Palestinian: 29

Afghan: 28

Senegalese: 25

Albanian: 23

Basque: 18

New Zealander: 16

Bulgarian: 16

German Russian: 13

Estonian: 13

Zairian: 13

Pennsylvania German: 12

Macedonian: 9

Other West Indian: 5

Belizean: 4

Kenyan: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (32%)
Vietnam (5%)
India (3%)
Jamaica (3%)
United Kingdom (3%)
Canada (3%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 243840
Northeast: 29365
Midwest: 26691
South: 76404
West: 9736

46% of Atlanta residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Georgia.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 2,258
Nursery to 4th grade: 974
5th and 6th grade: 2,432
7th and 8th grade: 3,695
9th grade: 3,403
10th grade: 5,748
11th grade: 4,681
12th grade, no diploma: 6,551
High school graduate (or equivalency): 29,069
Less than 1 year of college: 4,694
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 15,124
Associate degree: 4,516
Bachelor's degree: 28,704
Master's degree: 10,898
Professional school degree: 6,547
Doctorate degree: 2,262

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 2,155
Nursery to 4th grade: 1,101
5th and 6th grade: 2,598
7th and 8th grade: 4,079
9th grade: 4,072
10th grade: 5,382
11th grade: 6,213
12th grade, no diploma: 6,610
High school graduate (or equivalency): 30,807
Less than 1 year of college: 7,389
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 16,662
Associate degree: 5,104
Bachelor's degree: 27,278
Master's degree: 12,127
Professional school degree: 3,489
Doctorate degree: 1,624

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 10.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 9.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 17.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 16.1%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 27.2%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 9.9%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 35.2%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 27.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 10.3%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 9.1%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 13.3%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 7.9%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 10.2%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 10.5%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $79,045
Black householders: $28,984
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $26,375
Asian householders: $78,021
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $19,388
Some other race householders: $44,530
Two or more races householders: $51,101
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $48,828

Atlanta household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Atlanta household income for Black householders

Atlanta household income for Asian householders

Atlanta household income for Some other race householders

Atlanta household income for Two or more races householders

Atlanta household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Atlanta marital status for males

Atlanta marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $539,465
Black or African American householders: $129,405
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $136,909
Asian householders: $346,358
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $187,604
Some other race householders: $215,786
Two or more races householders: $191,939
Hispanic or Latino householders: $236,798

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 79,803
One, attached: 7,362
Two: 7,871
3 or 4: 14,358
5 to 9: 19,496
10 to 19: 17,659
20 to 49: 9,796
50 or more: 29,723
Mobile homes: 810
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 120

Median worth of mobile homes: $41,475

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Atlanta:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (82%) Electricity (17%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (58%) Electricity (40%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4,072

Here:	9.4%
Georgia:	8.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,282

Here:	11.2%
Georgia:	8.5%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12,858

Here:	45.6%
Georgia:	22.9%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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