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What Salary Do You Need to Live in Atlanta?

The published income-needed indicator for Atlanta stands at $103,841. It covers the housing share of the question, not what it takes to live comfortably, which no dataset defines. The metro income-needed indicator changed -0.50% year over year. The median tracked ZIP in Atlanta has a typical home value of $378,382 and typical rent of $1,891 per month. Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $200,404 in 30303 to $1,559,617 in 30327 — a factor of 7.8.

Key stats

  • The metro income-needed indicator changed -0.50% year over year.
  • The median tracked ZIP in Atlanta has a typical home value of $378,382 and typical rent of $1,891 per month.
  • Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $200,404 in 30303 to $1,559,617 in 30327 — a factor of 7.8.
  • The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 16.7.
  • 5 of 26 tracked ZIPs (19%) show the current cooling flag.
Tracked ZIP markets
26
Median ZIP home value
$378,382
Median ZIP rent
$1,891
income needed change
The metro income-needed indicator changed -0.50% year over year.
housing cost spread
Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $200,404 in 30303 to $1,559,617 in 30327 — a factor of 7.8.
metro price to rent
The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 16.7.

The income this metro asks for

The published income-needed indicator for Atlanta stands at $103,841. It covers the housing share of the question, not what it takes to live comfortably, which no dataset defines.

The metro income-needed indicator changed -0.50% year over year.

How far that income reaches

Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $200,404 in 30303 to $1,559,617 in 30327 — a factor of 7.8.

The same salary is comfortable in one tracked ZIP and short in another, which is why a single metro figure answers the question only halfway.

Sources and method

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What a home costs in income, by city

Income needed to buy a typical home, on identical definitions. This is the buying question, not the cost-of-living one.

CityIncome neededvs Atlanta
Los Angeles, CA$242,1782.33x
New York, NY$208,8132.01x
Boston, MA$195,2301.88x
Seattle, WA$191,0141.84x
Miami, FL$141,3201.36x
Austin, TX$123,7501.19x
Dallas, TX$107,1671.03x
Atlanta, GA$103,841—
Chicago, IL$103,7611.00x
Houston, TX$88,8630.86x

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