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SheetGA-ROSWELL-GA · Roswell, GA 92,577 pop · income 88th pct · 56 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 Roswell
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Roswell on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Albany · lowest
45,201
Albany · lowest
45,201 median HH income
28.2% of the leader · rank #1
Dedham · near
124,375
Dedham · near
124,375 median HH income
77.6% of the leader · rank #2
Mason · near
124,407
Mason · near
124,407 median HH income
77.7% of the leader · rank #3
Roswell · this city
124,422
Roswell · this city
124,422 median HH income
77.7% of the leader · rank #4
Ranchettes · near
124,426
Ranchettes · near
124,426 median HH income
77.7% of the leader · rank #5
Elkhorn · near
124,464
Elkhorn · near
124,464 median HH income
77.7% of the leader · rank #6
Johns Creek · highest
160,185
Johns Creek · highest
160,185 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 Roswell 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: 92,577.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Roswell - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Roswell lands in the 88th percentile for household income and the 57th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
88th
percentile, household income
86th
percentile, home value
51st
percentile, median rent
57th
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: Roswell, GA
Georgia's Roswell is a small city, with 92,577 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $124,422 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.4%. Typical homes in Roswell are valued around $520,500, and the median resident age is 40.0 years. Educational attainment runs 64.8% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 67.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 167 residential building permits were authorized in Roswell (Construction Slowdown), down 32% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Roswell reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1181.0 crimes per 100,000 residents, below 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: the state registers 96.3 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,203 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Georgia's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). The average commute for Roswell workers runs 19.4 minutes, with 58.3% driving alone and 29.0% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 39.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Roswell'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 within-city variation to comparison shortlist to reported crime to population change to schools and households to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Roswell, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits, commute-mode shares, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
What can 56 Census tracts reveal inside Roswell?
PlainCities matches 56 Census tracts to this city.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Roswell?
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 Johns Creek (82,115 residents, $160,185 income); Warner Robins (81,438 residents, $65,715 income); Sandy Springs (107,198 residents, $101,593 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Mount Pleasant, SC (92,662 residents); O'Fallon, MO (92,697 residents); Mission Viejo, CA (92,415 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 Roswell?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1181.0 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 48% lower 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.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -1,444 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -1.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 167 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
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 Roswell?
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 17 public schools within the city match. 64.8% 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.
Poverty estimate
4.4%
Bachelor's degree+
64.8%
Matched public schools
17
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
How far does income reach against housing in Roswell?
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 4.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
4.2×
Home value
$520,500
Household income
$124,422
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What does the journey to work look like in Roswell?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 58.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 19.4 minutes.
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
58.3%
Work from home
29.0%
Public transit
1.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 48,799 workers age 16+.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Georgia average
B
City profile score · Roswell, GA
73/100
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+
64.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A
$124,422
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B-
4.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
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.
Violent crime C
160 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Roswell profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 94/100 (A+) · 64.8%
Household income: 88/100 (A) · $124,422
Poverty rate: 69/100 (B-) · 4.4%
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.3 index
Violent crime: 56/100 (C) · 160 /100k
Where Roswell sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Roswell'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 - Roswell highlighted among 13 peers.Read the chart values
Roswell, GA (this city): home $520,500, crime 1,181/100k
Mount Pleasant, SC : home $667,100, crime 1,300/100k
O'Fallon, MO : home $305,100, crime 538/100k
Mission Viejo, CA : home $946,300, crime 1,285/100k
Hoover, AL : home $391,300, crime 1,335/100k
Bellingham, WA : home $577,400, crime 4,107/100k
Redding, CA : home $363,800, crime 2,393/100k
Johns Creek, GA : home $583,700, crime 572/100k
Warner Robins, GA : home $171,600, crime 3,646/100k
Sandy Springs, GA : home $583,900, crime 1,600/100k
South Fulton, GA : home $270,600, crime 2,378/100k
Albany, GA : home $118,700, crime 2,432/100k
Alpharetta, GA : home $605,700, crime 1,401/100k
How does Roswell compare to other US cities?
Here's how Roswell stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income88% higher than other cities
Home value86% pricier than other cities
Median rent51% pricier than other cities
Safety57% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Georgia, Roswell ranks #53 of 166 Georgia cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Roswell 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 Roswell near the bottom of Georgia's cities
Among the 638 Georgia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Roswell ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Roswell only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#21 of 610
97th percentile in Georgia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 638
0th percentile in Georgia
Median Home Value
#16 of 577
97th percentile in Georgia
Poverty Rate
#512 of 637
19th percentile in Georgia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#19 of 638
97th 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
88th percentile nationally for median household income · 57th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Roswell's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Roswell'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 Roswell's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$520,50014th percentilemore affordable than 14% 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
Roswell'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
#11,200 of 15,516
More affordable than 28% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#334 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 4.2×, Roswell sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,200 of 15,516 and #334 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
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
$124,422Roswell, GA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Roswell, 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 Roswell, GA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)64.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)67.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
92,577
Median Income
$124,422
Median Home Value
$520,500
Median Age
40.0
Poverty Rate
4.4%
Labor force participation
67.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
64.8%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1181.0
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
160.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1020.8
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
17
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Roswell's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
92,949 residents
2021
92,672 residents
2022
93,052 residents
2023
91,986 residents
2024
92,164 residents
2025
91,505 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
167
housing units authorized
Single-Family
165
detached homes
Multifamily
2
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.8
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
245
245
0
$97.4M
2020
265
265
0
$100.7M
2021
199
199
0
$93.1M
2022
251
123
128
$88.4M
2023
400
63
337
$89.4M
2024
167
165
2
$77.8M
Permit volume decreased 32% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
19.4 minutes
Drive Alone
58.3%
Carpool
8.3%
Public Transit
1.0%
Walk
1.3%
Work from Home
29.0%
Other
2.1%
Based on 48,799 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 Roswell. 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 Roswell 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 Roswell sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Roswell 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.