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Atlanta city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Atlanta city is a Census city of 505,268 people across 135.30 square miles of land, lying across Fulton County and DeKalb County. Median household income is $85,652, 46.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1,480 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.01 bn.
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Atlanta
What Atlanta is
- Census place typecity
- Land area135.3 sq mi
- Water area1.08 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,734
- County holding the largest share of its areaFulton County, 93.4 percent
- Counties this place lies inFulton County 93.4 percent, DeKalb County 6.6 percent
Atlanta city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Atlanta
How many people live in Atlanta
- Population505,268
- Median age34.2
- Population under 1884,109
- Share under 1816.6 percent
- Population 65 and over62,059
- Share 65 and over12.3 percent
- Households236,468
- Family households94,422
- Share of households that are families39.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Atlanta
Income and work in Atlanta
- Median household income$85,652
- Per capita income$65,718
- Civilian labor force295,134
- Employed277,777
- Unemployed17,357
- Unemployment rate5.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over355,043
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher59.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree26.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Atlanta
Housing in Atlanta
- Housing units265,899
- Occupied units236,468
- Vacant units29,431
- Vacancy rate11.1 percent
- Owner occupied109,792
- Renter occupied126,676
- Ownership rate46.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$439,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,711
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.0 percent
- Single family units110,111
- Share single family41.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more154,657
- Share in buildings of two or more58.2 percent
- Mobile homes1,068 plus or minus 351
- Median year structure built1989
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Atlanta
How Atlanta gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute191,255
- Commuting under 15 minutes39,349
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more69,720
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.5 percent
- Drove alone52.9 percent
- Carpooled4.7 percent
- Public transport5.7 percent
- Walked3.9 percent
- Worked from home29.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Atlanta
SBA loans in Atlanta (7(a))
- Approvals1,480
- Gross approval$1,009,620,000
- Average approval$682,176
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,870,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported18,500
- Jobs per approval12.5
- Loans with a final outcome261
- Paid in full232
- Charged off29
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans11.1 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more14.7 percent
- Share to franchises16.6 percent
- Distinct lenders151
- Distinct industries by NAICS309
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Atlanta
SBA loans in Atlanta (504)
- Approvals272
- Gross approval$274,809,000
- Average approval$1,010,327
- Median approval$603,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported2,944
- Loans with a final outcome94
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs10
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Atlanta
Flood risk in Atlanta
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 6
- NFIP community number135157
- Currently effective map date08/15/19
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Fulton County, not Atlanta
Fulton County context, not Atlanta figures
These are Fulton County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Atlanta measurements.
- Establishments in Fulton County40,949
- Employment at those establishments, Fulton County928,068
- Covered employment, Fulton County948,157
- Average annual pay, Fulton County$100,817
- Average weekly wage, Fulton County$1,939
- Housing units permitted, Fulton County11,577
- Of those, single family, Fulton County2,937
- County product, 2024, Fulton County$243,562,683,000
- County product change over the prior year, Fulton County5.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Fulton County$98,836
Every figure in this section is published for Fulton County as a whole and is not a measurement of Atlanta. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Atlanta questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Atlanta, Georgia?
505,268, in 236,468 households. Atlanta city covers 135.30 square miles of land, which is 3,734 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Atlanta in?
Atlanta lies in more than one. By area it is 93.4 percent in Fulton County, 6.6 percent in DeKalb County. This page sits under Fulton County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Atlanta?
$85,652. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $439,600. Median gross rent is $1,711 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Atlanta businesses?
1,480 7(a) approvals totalling $1.01 bn, across 151 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 272 504 approvals worth $274.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Atlanta, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Atlanta borrowers get paid back?
Of the 261 loans that have reached a final outcome, 232 were paid in full and 29 charged off, a charge off rate of 11.1 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Atlanta in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Atlanta appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 135157, carrying Community Rating System class 6, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Atlanta figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Fulton County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Atlanta.
Is zoning published for Atlanta?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.