Atlanta Real Estate

What a difference a decade can make in Atlanta. In this short span of time, the charm and history behind the wooded, rolling countryside of Atlanta have blended dramatically into the dynamic, diverse and distinctive residential and business environment of today.

Atlanta's commitment to quality of life and attention to infrastructure issues has enticed corporations worldwide to locate in North Fulton County. Each of the Fortune 500 and over 650 international firms now have an office in the Greater Atlanta area. Many of these corporate giants have already purchased Atlanta real estate and have called Atlanta home.

Living in Atlanta

Atlanta is exciting, entertaining, friendly, and full of possibility. There are great restaurants, excellent theaters and museums, a thriving music and club scene, and world-class professional sports teams that makes Atlanta great. The city and the weather rock. Winters are mild, summers are hot and humid, and fall is just excellent. And spring? Well, spring is nothing short of a mind-blowing, completely distracting riot of color and activity. And the best part of being in Atlanta? You’ll be able to live, eat, and play for less than the cost of an apartment and subscription to the Times in New York.

If you’re looking for side-work opportunities, it just so happens Atlanta is home to some of the world’s most respected companies. Coca-Cola, CNN, Mindspring, Delta. We’re dialed into a strong professional community of advertising, design, and interactive firms. Now, if you’re a savvy reader, you’ve probably figured out that this means ample opportunity to freelance.

So, welcome to Atlanta. Call me when you are ready to buy or sell Atlanta real estate, or if you just want to chat about real estate. Have fun, enjoy the weather, meet you neighbors, and see the sights.

Atlanta Real Estate Buying

 

                   Atlanta Real Estate and the Neighborhoods that incompass it. Adamsville (38), Adams Park (35), Adair Park (13), Ansley Park (17), Atlantic Station (16), Bankhead (14), Ben Hill (37), Berkeley Park (15), Brookhaven (north of 19), Brookwood Hills (18), Buckhead (18), Cabbagetown (26), Candler Park (24), Capitol View (inside 34), Capitol View Manor (inside 34), Cascade Heights (39), Castleberry Hill (3), Center Hill (41), Downtown (2), Centennial Hill, Fairlie-Poplar (1), Five Points, Railroad District, Druid Hills (21), East Atlanta (30), East Lake (29), Edgewood (28), Grant Park (10), Grove Park (40), Home Park (6), Inman Park (23), Kirkwood (29), Lake Claire (25), Lakewood Heights (33), Lindberg, Little Five Points (between 23 & 24), Loring Heights (between 15, 16 & 18), Mechanicsville (12), Midtown (7), Morningside-Lenox Park (19), North Buckhead, Oakland City (34), Old Fourth Ward (8), Ormewood Park (31), Peoplestown (11), Piedmont Heights (between Ansley Park and Morningside-Lenox Park)[1], Poncey-Highland (22), Reynoldstown (27), Sandtown (36), Sweet Auburn (9), Sherwood Forest, SoNo (between 2 & 8), South Atlanta (bordered by University Avenue/Jonesboro Road/Rhodesia Avenue/Benjamin Weldon Bickers Drive (Formerly Capitol Avenue), Thomasville (32), Vine City (5), Virginia-Highland (20), West End (4), Westview

Population (year 2000): 416,474, Est. population in July 2004: 419,122 (+0.6% change)
Males: 206,725 (49.6%), Females: 209,749 (50.4%)

Elevation: 1050 feet

County: Fulton

Land area: 131.7 square miles

Zip codes: 30303, 30305, 30306, 30307, 30308, 30309, 30310, 30311, 30312, 30313, 30314, 30315, 30316, 30317, 30318, 30319, 30322, 30324, 30326, 30327, 30328, 30329, 30331, 30336, 30337, 30338, 30339, 30340, 30341, 30342, 30344, 30345, 30346, 30349, 30350, 30354, 30360.

Median resident age: 31.9 years
Median household income: $34,770 (year 2000)
Median house value: $130,600 (year 2000)

 

Races in Atlanta:

• Black (61.4%)
• White Non-Hispanic (31.3%)
• Hispanic (4.5%)
• Other race (2.0%)
• Two or more races (1.2%)
• Asian Indian (0.6%)
• American Indian (0.5%)

Ancestries: English (5.9%), German (4.5%), Irish (4.5%), United States (3.0%), Subsaharan African (1.8%), Scottish (1.6%).

For population 25 years and over in Atlanta High school or higher: 76.9% Bachelor's degree or higher: 34.6% Graduate or professional degree: 13.8% Unemployed: 14.0% Mean travel time to work: 28.3 minutes For population 15 years and over in Atlanta city Never married: 45.5% Now married: 31.4% Separated: 4.1% Widowed: 7.7% Divorced: 11.3% 6.6% Foreign born (3.3% Latin America, 1.4% Asia, 0.9% Europe, 0.7% Africa). Population change in the 1990s: +22,299 (+5.7%).

Birthplace of: Martin Luther King, Gladys Knight - (born 1944), soul singer, Julia Roberts - (born 1967), actor, Cynthia McKinney - Congressman, Spike Lee - (born 1957), black film director, Brittany Murphy - (born 1977), actress, Stephen Dorff - (born 1973), actor, Dainon Sidney - 2005 NFL player (Detroit Lions, born: May 30, 1975), Daniel Wilcox - 2005 NFL player (Baltimore Ravens, born: Mar 23, 1977), Darius Watts - 2005 NFL player (Denver Broncos, born: Dec 19, 1981).

Main business address for: Gold Kist Inc. (POULTRY SLAUGHTERING AND PROCESSING), IRT PARTNERS L P (REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS), COX RADIO INC (RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS), ROLLINS INC (SERVICES-TO DWELLINGS & OTHER BUILDINGS), CORAUTUS GENETICS INC (BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES)), BEAZER HOMES USA INC (OPERATIVE BUILDERS), AGL RESOURCES INC (NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION), ATLANTIS PLASTICS INC (UNSUPPORTED PLASTICS FILM & SHEET) and 77 other public companies.

Total population: 416,629 (Urban population: 416,604, Rural population: 25 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 186,998 (168,242 occupied: 73,475 owner occupied, 94,767 renter occupied)

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $97,300

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2000: $582

Median gross rent in Atlanta, GA in 2000: $606

Housing units in Atlanta with a mortgage: 44,875 (5,483 second mortgage, 5,953 home equity loan, 261 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 16,333

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Atlanta, Georgia:

• 1 room: 318
• 2 rooms: 1509
• 3 rooms: 3494
• 4 rooms: 5887
• 5 rooms: 14396
• 6 rooms: 17529
• 7 rooms: 11597
• 8 rooms: 7804
• 9 or more rooms: 10941

Rooms in renter-occupied housing units and apartments:

• 1 room: 6325
• 2 rooms: 12952
• 3 rooms: 23416
• 4 rooms: 24687
• 5 rooms: 15288
• 6 rooms: 7065
• 7 rooms: 2776
• 8 rooms: 1274
• 9 or more rooms: 984

Year house built:

• 1999 to March 2000: 3436
• 1995 to 1998: 8893
• 1990 to 1994: 8570
• 1980 to 1989: 17182
• 1970 to 1979: 25805
• 1960 to 1969: 38430
• 1950 to 1959: 33283
• 1940 to 1949: 20019
• 1939 or earlier: 31380

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Atlanta:

• no bedroom: 523
• 1 bedrooms: 4695
• 2 bedrooms: 22230
• 3 bedrooms: 30265
• 4 bedrooms: 11712
• 5 or more bedrooms: 4050

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:

• no bedroom: 7925
• 1 bedrooms: 35308
• 2 bedrooms: 35660
• 3 bedrooms: 12369
• 4 bedrooms: 2669
• 5 or more bedrooms: 836

Vehicles available in Atlanta in owner-occupied houses:

• no vehicle: 6560
• 1 vehicle: 27726
• 2 vehicles: 28050
• 3 vehicles: 8611
• 4 vehicles: 1980
• 5 or more vehicles: 548

Vehicles available in renter-occupied housing units:

• no vehicle: 33118
• 1 vehicle: 43550
• 2 vehicles: 14431
• 3 vehicles: 2586
• 4 vehicles: 622
• 5 or more vehicles: 460

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Atlanta, GA:

• Less than $10,000: 182
• $10,000 to $14,999: 161
• $15,000 to $19,999: 275
• $20,000 to $24,999: 236
• $25,000 to $29,999: 336
• $30,000 to $34,999: 501
• $35,000 to $39,999: 900
• $40,000 to $49,999: 2654
• $50,000 to $59,999: 3787
• $60,000 to $69,999: 4819
• $70,000 to $79,999: 4700
• $80,000 to $89,999: 4894
• $90,000 to $99,999: 3299
• $100,000 to $124,999: 3280
• $125,000 to $149,999: 2603
• $150,000 to $174,999: 2747
• $175,000 to $199,999: 2353
• $200,000 to $249,999: 3856
• $250,000 to $299,999: 3514
• $300,000 to $399,999: 5639
• $400,000 to $499,999: 3327
• $500,000 to $749,999: 3717
• $750,000 to $999,999: 1831
• $1,000,000 or more: 1597

Rent paid by renters in 2000 in Atlanta:

• Less than $100: 5105
• $100 to $149: 4730
• $150 to $199: 3865
• $200 to $249: 3628
• $250 to $299: 3155
• $300 to $349: 4880
• $350 to $399: 5764
• $400 to $449: 5440
• $450 to $499: 6814
• $500 to $549: 7482
• $550 to $599: 6105
• $600 to $649: 4958
• $650 to $699: 4036
• $700 to $749: 3784
• $750 to $799: 3311
• $800 to $899: 5577
• $900 to $999: 3832
• $1,000 to $1,249: 4962
• $1,250 to $1,499: 2205
• $1,500 to $1,999: 1754
• $2,000 or more: 823
• No cash rent: 2367

Household type by relationship
Households: 387560

• In family households: 278357 (41654 male householders, 42825 female householders)

  42501 spouses, 103515 children (97735 natural, 2446 adopted, 3334 stepchildren), 16277 grandchildren, 7771 brothers or sisters, 3143 parents, 9771 other relatives, 10900 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 109203 (41892 male householders (30038 living alone)), 41970 female householders (34598 living alone)), 25341 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 29069 (8835 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 33230 2-persons, 20906 3-persons, 15174 4-persons, 7926 5-persons, 3983 6-persons, 3260 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 64636 1-person, 15795 2-persons, 2342 3-persons, 597 4-persons, 225 5-persons, 127 6-persons, 140 7-or-more-persons

Year of entry for the foreign-born population (27352 people)

• 1995 to March 2000: 13461
• 1990 to 1994: 4865
• 1985 to 1989: 2689
• 1980 to 1984: 1849
• 1975 to 1979: 1462
• 1970 to 1974: 973
• 1965 to 1969: 689
• Before 1965: 1364

Number of people working at home: 6741 (3.8% of all workers)

Travel time to work

• Less than 5 minutes: 3127
• 5 to 9 minutes: 13151
• 10 to 14 minutes: 22147
• 15 to 19 minutes: 30037
• 20 to 24 minutes: 28757
• 25 to 29 minutes: 10372
• 30 to 34 minutes: 26823
• 35 to 39 minutes: 4267
• 40 to 44 minutes: 4859
• 45 to 59 minutes: 11502
• 60 to 89 minutes: 10061
• 90 or more minutes: 7126

Household income:

• Less than $10,000: 28669
• $10,000 to $14,999: 12267
• $15,000 to $19,999: 11944
• $20,000 to $24,999: 11247
• $25,000 to $29,999: 10431
• $30,000 to $34,999: 9972
• $35,000 to $39,999: 8214
• $40,000 to $44,999: 7413
• $45,000 to $49,999: 6077
• $50,000 to $59,999: 11344
• $60,000 to $74,999: 12475
• $75,000 to $99,999: 12859
• $100,000 to $124,999: 7906
• $125,000 to $149,999: 4492
• $150,000 to $199,999: 4475
• $200,000 or more: 8556

First ancestries reported:

• Other groups: 215619
• English: 18683
• Irish: 12750
• United States or American: 12412
• German: 12076
• Subsaharan African:: 7600
• African: 5473
• Italian: 5345
• Scotch-Irish: 4919
• Scottish: 4670
• European: 2945
• French (except Basque): 2873
• Russian: 2458
• Polish: 2284
• West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 2259
• British: 1846
• Swedish: 1145
• Dutch: 1145
• Jamaican: 1125
• Welsh: 882
• Norwegian: 837
• Arab:: 828
• Greek: 776
• Nigerian: 615
• French Canadian: 600
• Ethiopian: 580
• Hungarian: 536
• Haitian: 456
• Eastern European: 452
• Danish: 412
• Canadian: 411
• Lithuanian: 391
• Swiss: 387
• Lebanese: 355
• Ukrainian: 334
• Czech: 302
• Austrian: 300
• Northern European: 265
• Sudanese: 230
• Belgian: 200
• Armenian: 195
• Other Subsaharan African: 186
• Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 184
• Iranian: 178
• Czechoslovakian: 173
• Ghanian: 166
• Turkish: 161
• Finnish: 155
• West Indian: 154
• Portuguese: 151
• Yugoslavian: 135
• Croatian: 127
• Brazilian: 117
• Slovak: 109
• Scandinavian: 106
• Romanian: 98
• Moroccan: 95
• South African: 92
• Other Arab: 90
• Australian: 84
• British West Indian: 83
• Iraqi: 80
• Celtic: 80
• Egyptian: 79
• U.S. Virgin Islander: 76
• Liberian: 75
• Acadian/Cajun: 73
• Guyanese: 69
• Serbian: 66
• Israeli: 65
• Bahamian: 65
• Latvian: 59
• Somalian: 58
• Syrian: 58
• Barbadian: 57
• Sierra Leonean: 50
• Bermudan: 50
• Arab/Arabic: 42
• Slovene: 38
• Slavic: 38
• Cape Verdean: 33
• Icelander: 31
• Palestinian: 29
• Afghan: 28
• Senegalese: 25
• Albanian: 23
• Basque: 18
• New Zealander: 16
• Bulgarian: 16
• German Russian: 13
• Estonian: 13
• Zairian: 13
• Pennsylvania German: 12
• Macedonian: 9
• Other West Indian: 5
• Belizean: 4
• Kenyan: 4

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

• This state: 243840
• Northeast: 29365
• Midwest: 26691
• South: 76404
• West: 9736

46% of Atlanta residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Georgia.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

• No schooling: 2,258
• Nursery to 4th grade: 974
• 5th and 6th grade: 2,432
• 7th and 8th grade: 3,695
• 9th grade: 3,403
• 10th grade: 5,748
• 11th grade: 4,681
• 12th grade, no diploma: 6,551
• High school graduate (or equivalency): 29,069
• Less than 1 year of college: 4,694
• Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 15,124
• Associate degree: 4,516
• Bachelor's degree: 28,704
• Master's degree: 10,898
• Professional school degree: 6,547
• Doctorate degree: 2,262

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

• No schooling: 2,155
• Nursery to 4th grade: 1,101
• 5th and 6th grade: 2,598
• 7th and 8th grade: 4,079
• 9th grade: 4,072
• 10th grade: 5,382
• 11th grade: 6,213
• 12th grade, no diploma: 6,610
• High school graduate (or equivalency): 30,807
• Less than 1 year of college: 7,389
• Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 16,662
• Associate degree: 5,104
• Bachelor's degree: 27,278
• Master's degree: 12,127
• Professional school degree: 3,489
• Doctorate degree: 1,624

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 10.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 9.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 17.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 16.1%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 27.2%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 9.9%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 35.2%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 27.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 10.3%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 9.1%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 13.3%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 7.9%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 10.2%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 10.5%

Median household income in 1999 for:

• White non-Hispanic householders: $61,619
• Black householders: $23,128
• American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $23,235
• Asian householders: $37,759
• Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $24,886
• Some other householders: $35,057
• Two or more householders: $28,361
• Median household income in 1999, Hispanic or Latino race: $36,545

Median house value for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $323,500
• Black or African American householders: $77,600
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $82,100
• Asian householders: $207,700
• Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $112,500
• Some other race householders: $129,400
• Two or more races householders: $115,100
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $142,000

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 79,803
• One, attached: 7,362
• Two: 7,871
• 3 or 4: 14,358
• 5 to 9: 19,496
• 10 to 19: 17,659
• 20 to 49: 9,796
• 50 or more: 29,723
• Mobile homes: 810
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 120

Median worth of mobile homes: $29,400