HomeMarketCap.comAtlanta vs Dallas: Where Housing Costs Less
Housing is 23% cheaper in Dallas on typical home value: $384,337 in Atlanta against $297,837 in Dallas. Typical rent is 17% lower in Dallas: $1,897 in Atlanta against $1,575 in Dallas per month. The ranges overlap: Atlanta runs $204,981 to $1,562,975 across its ZIPs and Dallas runs $145,509 to $1,076,322, so the cheaper metro on the median still contains neighborhoods dearer than parts of the other.
Key stats
- Typical home value is 23% lower in Dallas: $384,337 in Atlanta against $297,837 in Dallas.
- Typical rent is 17% lower in Dallas: $1,897 in Atlanta against $1,575 in Dallas per month.
- The ranges overlap: Atlanta runs $204,981 to $1,562,975 across its ZIPs and Dallas runs $145,509 to $1,076,322, so the cheaper metro on the median still contains neighborhoods dearer than parts of the other.
- The income-needed indicator stands at $103,959 for Atlanta and $107,347 for Dallas, a difference of $3,388.
- Median ZIP home value
- $384,337 / $297,837
- Median ZIP rent
- $1,897 / $1,575
- Tracked ZIP markets
- 26 / 40
What housing costs in Atlanta and Dallas
Typical home value is 23% lower in Dallas: $384,337 in Atlanta against $297,837 in Dallas.
Typical rent is 17% lower in Dallas: $1,897 in Atlanta against $1,575 in Dallas per month.
Where the two metros actually overlap
The ranges overlap: Atlanta runs $204,981 to $1,562,975 across its ZIPs and Dallas runs $145,509 to $1,076,322, so the cheaper metro on the median still contains neighborhoods dearer than parts of the other.
A metro median decides nothing on its own: a move lands in one neighborhood, not in the average of all of them, and the ranges above are what a shortlist has to sit inside.
What this comparison does not include
This page compares housing only. Groceries, transport, state and local taxes, insurance, and childcare are not measured here and can move the total either way — in particular, the two metros may sit in states with very different income-tax treatment.
The income-needed indicator stands at $103,959 for Atlanta and $107,347 for Dallas, a difference of $3,388.
Continue your market research
- Atlanta housing marketMetro overview and the full ZIP directory.
- Dallas housing marketMetro overview and the full ZIP directory.
- Moving to Atlanta: what housing costsThe same figures read from a mover’s side.
- Moving to Dallas: what housing costsThe same figures read from a mover’s side.
Sources and method
- HomeMarketCap.com data sources: ZIP and metro housing-market datasets
- HomeMarketCap.com methodology: Metric definitions and calculation rules