Roswell, GA (Georgia) Houses and Residents

Back to: Roswell, Georgia main profile, Georgia, Georgia smaller cities, Georgia small towns, Georgia forum, All US cities. Roswell Apartments for Rent Total population: 87,657 (Urban population: 87,548, Rural population: 109 (all nonfarm)) Houses: 31,389 (30,304 occupied: 20,349 owner occupied, 9,955 renter occupied) % of renters here:   33% State:   33% Housing density: 826 houses/condos per square mile Recent posts about housing in Roswell, Georgia on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users: Public Schools Roswell/Alpharetta - any good?  (24 replies) House Rental Alpharetta/Roswell Prices  (1 reply) Relocating to East Roswell - schools, neighborhoods, commute?  (5 replies) Roswell - Crabapple parc (30076)  (2 replies) Young Single Woman...Relocating from Philly to work in Roswell  (1 reply) Homes for Rent in Roswell/Sandy Springs/Alpharetta  (3 replies) Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this county: $349,091. Median contract rent in 2007: $793 (lower quartile is $684, upper quartile is $953) Housing units in Roswell with a mortgage: 16,477 (1,714 second mortgage, 2,489 home equity loan, 25 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 2,441 Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $319,000 (it was $204,700 in 2000) Roswell:   $319,000 Georgia:   $164,500 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $218,800 - $469,500 Mean price in 2007: Detached houses: $395,021 Here:   $395,021 State:   $234,442 Townhouses or other attached units: $231,805 Here:   $231,805 State:   $202,354 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $156,311 Here:   $156,311 State:   $151,985 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $358,912 Here:   $358,912 State:   $219,544 Median year house/condo built: 1986 Median year apartment built: 1983 Household type by relationship Households: 79,228 In family households: 67,192 (16,769 male householders, 4,404 female householders) 18,107 spouses, 22,648 children (21,089 natural, 801 adopted, 758 stepchildren), 539 grandchildren, 947 brothers or sisters, 558 parents, 1,605 other relatives, 1,615 non-relatives In nonfamily households: 12,036 (4,135 male householders (2,862 living alone)), 5,018 female householders (4,074 living alone)), 2,883 nonrelatives In group quarters: 616 (60 institutionalized population) Size of family households: 8,678 2-persons, 4,837 3-persons, 4,808 4-persons, 1,828 5-persons, 612 6-persons, 410 7-or-more-persons. Size of nonfamily households: 6,936 1-person, 1,845 2-persons, 238 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons. 15,215 married couples with children. 3,026 single-parent households (618 men, 2,408 women). 80.9% of residents of Roswell speak English at home. 11.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 18% don't speak English at all). 5.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all). 2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all). 0.4% of residents speak other language at home (87% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 3% speak English not well). Foreign born population: 12,562 (15.7%) (24.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

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Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Roswell: Less than $100: 78 people $100 to $149: 34 $150 to $199: 31 $200 to $249: 20 $250 to $299: 26 $300 to $349: 78 $350 to $399: 63 $400 to $449: 76 $450 to $499: 83 $500 to $549: 109 $550 to $599: 214 $600 to $649: 638 $650 to $699: 1,058 $700 to $749: 1,358 $750 to $799: 1,334 $800 to $899: 2,391 $900 to $999: 1,102 $1,000 to $1,249: 657 $1,250 to $1,499: 270 $1,500 to $1,999: 142 $2,000 or more: 256 No cash rent: 172

Percentage of workers working in this county: 67.0%
Number of people working at home: 2,514 (5.7% of all workers)

Travel time to work Less than 5 minutes: 449 5 to 9 minutes: 2433 10 to 14 minutes: 4108 15 to 19 minutes: 5259 20 to 24 minutes: 5519 25 to 29 minutes: 2513 30 to 34 minutes: 7136 35 to 39 minutes: 1765 40 to 44 minutes: 2819 45 to 59 minutes: 5497 60 to 89 minutes: 2951 90 or more minutes: 1061

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 34,940 (79%) Carpooled: 4,594 (10%) Bus or trolley bus: 275 (1%) Streetcar or trolley car: 18 (0%) Subway or elevated: 275 (1%) Railroad: 28 (0%) Taxi: 246 (1%) Motorcycle: 24 (0%) Bicycle: 50 (0%) Walked: 475 (1%) Other means: 585 (1%) Worked at home: 2,514 (6%)

Household income: Less than $10,000: 939 $10,000 to $14,999: 692 $15,000 to $19,999: 606 $20,000 to $24,999: 904 $25,000 to $29,999: 1358 $30,000 to $34,999: 1303 $35,000 to $39,999: 1413 $40,000 to $44,999: 1348 $45,000 to $49,999: 1256 $50,000 to $59,999: 2615 $60,000 to $74,999: 3398 $75,000 to $99,999: 4194 $100,000 to $124,999: 3544 $125,000 to $149,999: 2102 $150,000 to $199,999: 2173 $200,000 or more: 2481

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 17232

English: 8302

German: 6788

Irish: 6437

United States or American: 6151

Italian: 3335

Scotch-Irish: 2181

Scottish: 1811

Polish: 1361

French (except Basque): 1183

European: 1095

Russian: 1000

British: 688

Norwegian: 593

Swedish: 571

Welsh: 528

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 502

Dutch: 486

Greek: 430

Arab:: 411

Subsaharan African:: 366

French Canadian: 298

Iranian: 290

Hungarian: 285

Canadian: 276

Romanian: 273

Haitian: 263

Ukrainian: 259

Lebanese: 229

Yugoslavian: 221

African: 194

Danish: 194

Eastern European: 179

Swiss: 176

Czech: 167

Jamaican: 158

Austrian: 137

Brazilian: 133

Slovak: 102

Turkish: 96

Croatian: 89

Czechoslovakian: 85

Portuguese: 79

Lithuanian: 78

Nigerian: 75

Other Arab: 72

Serbian: 71

Scandinavian: 69

Belgian: 69

Northern European: 64

Israeli: 61

Syrian: 61

Finnish: 59

Armenian: 56

Bulgarian: 43

South African: 41

Guyanese: 32

Australian: 31

U.S. Virgin Islander: 31

Latvian: 30

Ghanian: 24

Estonian: 23

Egyptian: 22

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 20

Slavic: 20

Macedonian: 13

Ethiopian: 13

Slovene: 12

Iraqi: 11

Cypriot: 11

Dutch West Indian: 11

Luxemburger: 10

Acadian/Cajun: 10

Barbadian: 10

Cape Verdean: 9

New Zealander: 9

Other Subsaharan African: 9

Arab/Arabic: 9

Jordanian: 7

Pennsylvania German: 6

British West Indian: 6

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 6

Other West Indian: 3

Kenyan: 1

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

• This state: 21077
• Northeast: 12365
• Midwest: 11288
• South: 17773
• West: 3879

45% of Roswell residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Georgia.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

• No schooling: 157
• Nursery to 4th grade: 118
• 5th and 6th grade: 321
• 7th and 8th grade: 359
• 9th grade: 328
• 10th grade: 289
• 11th grade: 91
• 12th grade, no diploma: 380
• High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,035
• Less than 1 year of college: 1,049
• Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,495
• Associate degree: 1,192
• Bachelor's degree: 10,010
• Master's degree: 3,653
• Professional school degree: 1,201
• Doctorate degree: 500

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

• No schooling: 88
• Nursery to 4th grade: 71
• 5th and 6th grade: 235
• 7th and 8th grade: 258
• 9th grade: 247
• 10th grade: 236
• 11th grade: 222
• 12th grade, no diploma: 453
• High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,128
• Less than 1 year of college: 1,986
• Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,602
• Associate degree: 2,116
• Bachelor's degree: 9,129
• Master's degree: 2,970
• Professional school degree: 580
• Doctorate degree: 204

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.5%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.5%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 10.3%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 11.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 18.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 2.6%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.5%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 7.4%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 11.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 6.7%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 4.3%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 3.7%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 4.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

• White non-Hispanic householders: $94,738
• Black householders: $44,172
• American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $31,926
• Asian householders: $80,919
• Some other race householders: $24,753
• Two or more races householders: $89,129
• Hispanic or Latino race householders: $40,089

Median 2007 house value for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $325,545
• Black or African American householders: $343,934
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $77,451
• Asian householders: $312,454
• Some other race householders: $228,925
• Two or more races householders: $383,205
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $246,379

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 19,259
• One, attached: 2,186
• Two: 324
• 3 or 4: 1,081
• 5 to 9: 2,529
• 10 to 19: 3,797
• 20 to 49: 987
• 50 or more: 1,152
• Mobile homes: 65
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9

Median worth of mobile homes: $55,441

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