About Atlanta Zip Codes
What this site is
Atlanta Zip Codes is a free reference for the 95 ZIP codes that make up metro Atlanta, from the Downtown core to Alpharetta, Douglasville, McDonough and Covington. Each ZIP code page brings together the figures people most often need in one place: population and density, median household income, median home value and rent, owner-occupancy, college-degree rate, unemployment and average commute, all from the U.S. Census Bureau, alongside the neighborhoods, landmarks, schools and parks inside the ZIP and a plain-English description of what living there is like. Around the ZIP pages sit neighborhood and suburb guides, a schools directory, cost-of-living and rent-vs-buy calculators, and metro-wide reports.
Who it is for
People moving to Atlanta who need to compare areas before a house-hunting trip; residents deciding between two neighborhoods; real estate, lending and insurance professionals who need a quick, sourced figure; journalists and students researching how the metro is changing. The site is built to be read on a phone in the car and cited in a report with equal ease.
Who writes it
The site is compiled and maintained by the Atlanta Zip Codes Data Team, a small group of data analysts and local-market researchers who turn federal datasets into neighborhood-level profiles. The Census figures are pulled directly from published American Community Survey tables; the neighborhood descriptions, guides and reports are written by the team from those figures and from local knowledge of the metro. We do not accept sponsored rankings, paid placements or real-estate referral fees, and no advertiser has any say in what a page says. When we call a ZIP code affordable, walkable or family-oriented, the numbers that led to that description are on the same page so you can disagree with us.
Where the data comes from
- U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates at the ZIP Code Tabulation Area level: population, age, income, home value, rent, tenure, education, unemployment and commute.
- Public school directories — school names, districts and enrollment in the schools directory; the 1–10 ratings shown there are compiled from public rating sources and should be treated as a guide, not an official state accountability score.
- Public mapping and municipal data — neighborhood boundaries, landmarks, parks and points of interest.
- Editorial estimates — the Walk Score, Transit Score and crime index on ZIP pages are the team's own estimates and are labeled as such; they are not Census measures and are excluded from our reports.
The full account of sources, formulas, known limitations and update schedule is on the methodology page.
Original research
Beyond the per-ZIP profiles, the team publishes metro-wide analysis built from the same dataset. The current report is the Atlanta ZIP Code Affordability Report 2026, which ranks every ZIP on price-to-income and rent-to-income, quantifies the commute-for-affordability trade, and screens for the ZIP codes where a median income still buys the median home.
How the site stays free
There is no paywall, signup wall or email gate. The site is supported by lightweight display advertising, which is kept out of the data tables and never influences content. See the privacy policy for how advertising cookies are used.
Corrections
If a figure does not match its Census source, or a neighborhood name, school or landmark is wrong, we want to know. The methodology page explains how each figure was derived so you can check our work; substantive corrections are noted on the affected page when they are made.