Side-by-side metrics and state or size-class ranks use the same Census and FBI fields shown on this profile. Results stay in the URL so you can bookmark or share them.
Place dossier plate
SheetGA-MARIETTA-GA · Marietta, GA 61,773 pop · income 49th pct · 186 tracts
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 Marietta
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Marietta on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Pontiac · lowest
42,791
Pontiac · lowest
42,791 median HH income
28.4% of the leader · rank #1
Bay St. Louis · near
70,082
Bay St. Louis · near
70,082 median HH income
46.6% of the leader · rank #2
Jamestown · near
70,083
Jamestown · near
70,083 median HH income
46.6% of the leader · rank #3
Festus · near
70,085
Festus · near
70,085 median HH income
46.6% of the leader · rank #4
Marietta · this city
70,086
Marietta · this city
70,086 median HH income
46.6% of the leader · rank #5
Glens Falls · near
70,089
Glens Falls · near
70,089 median HH income
46.6% of the leader · rank #6
Encinitas · highest
150,471
Encinitas · highest
150,471 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 Marietta 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: 61,773.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Marietta - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Marietta lands in the 49th percentile for household income and the 30th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
49th
percentile, household income
77th
percentile, home value
51st
percentile, median rent
30th
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: Marietta, GA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 61,773 residents in Marietta, a small city within Georgia. Marietta households earn a median of $70,086 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 7.9%. Typical homes in Marietta are valued around $401,100, and the median resident age is 35.2 years. About 46.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 65.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 98 residential building permits were authorized in Marietta (Construction Slowdown), down 63% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 2108.8 crimes per 100,000 residents, near the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than 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). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,203 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Georgia's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 39.5 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Marietta'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 within-city variation to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Marietta, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, local building permits, commute-mode shares, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Marietta?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 7.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Marietta?
Within Georgia, the closest population matches are Stonecrest (59,917 residents, $62,939 income); Brookhaven (57,224 residents, $117,448 income); Alpharetta (66,355 residents, $146,581 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Florence-Graham, CA (61,723 residents); Springfield, OR (61,642 residents); Richland, WA (61,912 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.
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.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Marietta?
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.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2108.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, near the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 8% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
What can 186 Census tracts reveal inside Marietta?
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 186 Census tracts to this city.
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.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Marietta?
The NCES join finds 60 public schools within the city match. 46.8% 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.
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.
Matched public schools
60
Bachelor's degree+
46.8%
Poverty estimate
7.9%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What does the journey to work look like in Marietta?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 64.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
1.2%
Work from home
17.0%
Drive alone
64.9%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 31,909 workers age 16+.
Is Marietta growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +2,528 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +4.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 98 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+4.1%
2025 estimate
63,574
2020 estimate
61,046
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Below median income · poverty 7.9% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
96.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Georgia average
C-
City profile score · Marietta, GA
52/100
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 A-
46.8%
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 D
$70,086
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate D
7.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime F
298 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Marietta profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 81/100 (A-) · 46.8%
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.3 index
Household income: 49/100 (D) · $70,086
Poverty rate: 48/100 (D) · 7.9%
Violent crime: 33/100 (F) · 298 /100k
Where Marietta sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Marietta'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 - Marietta highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Marietta, GA (this city): home $401,100, crime 2,109/100k
Springfield, OR : home $323,800, crime 3,097/100k
Richland, WA : home $401,800, crime 2,190/100k
Pontiac, MI : home $110,600, crime 2,626/100k
Encinitas, CA : home $1,466,000, crime 1,156/100k
St. Cloud, FL : home $324,100, crime 947/100k
Brookhaven, GA : home $660,300, crime 2,544/100k
Alpharetta, GA : home $605,700, crime 1,401/100k
Smyrna, GA : home $409,000, crime 1,540/100k
Albany, GA : home $118,700, crime 2,432/100k
Valdosta, GA : home $165,300, crime 4,634/100k
How does Marietta compare to other US cities?
Where Marietta sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income49% higher than other cities
Home value77% pricier than other cities
Median rent51% pricier than other cities
Safety30% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Georgia alone, Marietta ranks #91 of 166 Georgia cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Marietta 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 Marietta near the bottom of Georgia's cities
Among the 638 Georgia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Marietta ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Marietta only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#184 of 610
70th percentile in Georgia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 638
0th percentile in Georgia
Median Home Value
#41 of 577
93rd percentile in Georgia
Poverty Rate
#410 of 637
35th percentile in Georgia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#59 of 638
91st 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
49th percentile nationally for median household income · 30th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Marietta's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Marietta'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 Marietta's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$401,10023rd percentilemore affordable than 23% 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
Marietta's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,829 of 15,516
More affordable than 11% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#545 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 5.7×, Marietta sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,829 of 15,516 and #545 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$70,086Marietta, GA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Marietta, 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 Marietta, GA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)46.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)7.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)65.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
61,773
Median Income
$70,086
Median Home Value
$401,100
Median Age
35.2
Poverty Rate
7.9%
Labor force participation
65.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
46.8%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2108.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
298.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1810.5
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
60
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Marietta's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
61,046 residents
2021
61,458 residents
2022
62,884 residents
2023
63,217 residents
2024
63,359 residents
2025
63,574 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
98
housing units authorized
Single-Family
98
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.6
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
266
266
0
$62.0M
2020
465
441
24
$115.1M
2021
484
480
4
$116.6M
2022
232
232
0
$68.7M
2023
22
22
0
$6.5M
2024
98
98
0
$26.0M
Permit volume decreased 63% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
64.9%
Carpool
10.0%
Public Transit
1.2%
Walk
2.2%
Work from Home
17.0%
Other
4.7%
Based on 31,909 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 Marietta. 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 Marietta 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 Marietta sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Marietta 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.