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SheetGA-EAST-POINT-GA · East Point, GA 38,233 pop · income 34th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around East Point
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest East Point on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Hot Springs · lowest
46,441
Hot Springs · lowest
46,441 median HH income
36.6% of the leader · rank #1
Frewsburg · near
58,981
Frewsburg · near
58,981 median HH income
46.5% of the leader · rank #2
East Point · this city
58,983
East Point · this city
58,983 median HH income
46.5% of the leader · rank #3
Savannah · near
58,983
Savannah · near
58,983 median HH income
46.5% of the leader · rank #4
Bradley · near
58,984
Bradley · near
58,984 median HH income
46.5% of the leader · rank #5
Jerome · near
58,986
Jerome · near
58,986 median HH income
46.5% of the leader · rank #6
Evans · highest
126,767
Evans · highest
126,767 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for East Point on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 38,233.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
East Point - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, East Point lands in the 34th percentile for household income and the 1st percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
34th
percentile, household income
55th
percentile, home value
51st
percentile, median rent
1st
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: East Point, GA
Georgia's East Point is a small city, with 38,233 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in East Point report a median income of $58,983 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 19.7%. East Point's housing stock carries a median value of $247,500, and the median resident age is 35.4 years. Educational attainment runs 36.2% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 66.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 178 residential building permits were authorized in East Point (Building Boom), up 91% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. East Point's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 7869.8 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, above the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Georgia run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Georgia at 96.3 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,203 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Georgia's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 39.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of East Point's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to comparison shortlist to reported crime to schools and households to work and mobility to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For East Point, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in East Point?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 19.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for East Point?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Georgia, the closest population matches are Rome (37,754 residents, $51,106 income); Evans (37,718 residents, $126,767 income); Peachtree City (38,977 residents, $111,421 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Georgetown, KY (38,206 residents); La Quinta, CA (38,299 residents); Clovis, NM (38,153 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What can the FBI record say about safety in East Point?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 7869.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 245% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
What does the education layer cover for East Point?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 12 public schools within the city match. 36.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in East Point?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 60.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Drive alone
60.9%
Work from home
17.0%
Public transit
9.4%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 19,431 workers age 16+.
Is East Point growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -199 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 178 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
2020 estimate
38,424
2025 estimate
38,225
Period change
-0.5%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Below median income · poverty 19.7% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
96.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Georgia average
F
City profile score · East Point, GA
33/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share B-
36.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living C
96.3 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$58,983
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
19.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime F
1,204 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
East Point profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 69/100 (B-) · 36.2%
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.3 index
Household income: 33/100 (F) · $58,983
Poverty rate: 14/100 (F) · 19.7%
Violent crime: 0/100 (F) · 1,204 /100k
Where East Point sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
East Point's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - East Point highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
East Point, GA (this city): home $247,500, crime 7,870/100k
Georgetown, KY : home $244,200, crime 1,291/100k
La Quinta, CA : home $612,800, crime 2,122/100k
Riviera Beach, FL : home $311,900, crime 4,575/100k
Hot Springs, AR : home $156,900, crime 4,697/100k
Rome, GA : home $214,700, crime 3,976/100k
Peachtree City, GA : home $461,000, crime 838/100k
Woodstock, GA : home $387,300, crime 1,081/100k
Douglasville, GA : home $313,500, crime 5,168/100k
How does East Point compare to other US cities?
Here's how East Point stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income34% higher than other cities
Home value55% pricier than other cities
Median rent51% pricier than other cities
Safety1% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Georgia and the picture shifts: East Point ranks #165 of 166 Georgia cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares East Point against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Georgia only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Georgia-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places East Point near the bottom of Georgia's cities
Among the 638 Georgia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, East Point ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares East Point only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#271 of 610
56th percentile in Georgia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 638
0th percentile in Georgia
Median Home Value
#148 of 577
74th percentile in Georgia
Poverty Rate
#184 of 637
71st percentile in Georgia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#101 of 638
84th percentile in Georgia
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Georgia only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
34th percentile nationally for median household income · 1st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
East Point's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
East Point's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How East Point's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$247,50045th percentilemore affordable than 45% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
East Point's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,225 of 15,516
More affordable than 28% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,135 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.2×, East Point sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,225 of 15,516 and #2,135 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$58,983East Point, GA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context East Point, GA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for East Point, GA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)36.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)19.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)66.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
38,233
Median Income
$58,983
Median Home Value
$247,500
Median Age
35.4
Poverty Rate
19.7%
Labor force participation
66.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
36.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
7869.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
1203.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
6666.3
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
12
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
East Point's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
38,424 residents
2021
38,278 residents
2022
38,484 residents
2023
38,294 residents
2024
38,330 residents
2025
38,225 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
178
housing units authorized
Single-Family
101
detached homes
Multifamily
77
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
4.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
93
93
0
$9.1M
2020
112
112
0
$10.8M
2021
126
126
0
$12.2M
2022
259
99
160
$22.1M
2023
186
97
89
$16.4M
2024
178
101
77
$15.8M
Permit volume increased 91% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
60.9%
Carpool
8.9%
Public Transit
9.4%
Walk
1.6%
Work from Home
17.0%
Other
2.2%
Based on 19,431 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Georgia statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Georgia at $225 (electricity about $125 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Georgia statewide averages, not a meter reading for East Point. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Georgia's BEA cost-of-living index is 96.3 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around East Point is $1,203/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Georgia statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 39.5 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Georgia statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county East Point sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How East Point compares to similar-size Georgia cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.