Cobb County, Georgia

Cobb County has a population of 775,208 and has grown 3.6% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $407,200, about 4.0 times the county's median household income of $102,738.

Home price
$407,200
Income
$102,738
Population
775,208
Unemployment
4.5%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$407,200county
Median gross rent$1,730county
Median year homes here were built1990county
Share of homes built before 198027.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile1.0%county
Share of homes that are vacant5.9%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented33.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.3%county
Typical monthly rent$1,752county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,820county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,660county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,182county
Home insurance / yr$2,323(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living92.5(statewide)
Median household income$102,738county
Family health premium / yr$23,363(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$11,863(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.768(statewide)
Poverty rate8.7%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home23.6%county
Unemployment rate4.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force70.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.9%county
Share of workers employed by government10.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry18.6%county
Economic output per resident$105,609county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.67%county
Top state income tax4.99%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.99%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.56%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time29.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service22 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport52511402county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.4 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station14 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.9%county
Traffic deaths13.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.9(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher50.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.0%county
Public schools in the county127county
Public school enrollment115095county
Students per full-time teacher14.0county
Free lunch eligible53.0%county
Elementary schools77county
Middle schools28county
High schools17county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public33.3%county
Two-year institutions4county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians78county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter8.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance12.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year12.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.8%county
Frequent mental distress13.8%county
No leisure-time physical activity16.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population775,208county
Land area in square miles340county
People per square mile of land2282.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores118county
Convenience stores73county
Share living far from a food store42.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract13.7%county
Population change since 2020+3.6%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents6county
Median age37.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over13.7%county
Share of households that are one person26.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States16.5%county
Second languages21.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls55.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents63county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-5county
Households that moved in28,414county
Households that moved away29,820county
Average income of arriving households$73,924county
Average income of departing households$80,233county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,787county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings44.7%county
Violent crime rate326(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature62.4°Fcounty
Annual precipitation43.3 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.45 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F42 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing57 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days230 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 24county
Average first fall frostNov 9county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$137county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh12.1¢county
Household electricity use1,058 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$26.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity29.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas68.2%county
Homes heated by propane1.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood0.0%county
Households with broadband96.1%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk96.1county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk76.7county
Hail risk97.3county
Earthquake risk92.3county
Tornado risk98.3county
Tropical cyclone risk68.1county
Extreme heat risk89.0county
Winter weather risk75.4county
Strong wind risk83.6county
Wildfire risk51.7county

Sports

Major pro teams based here1county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here1county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Cobb County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Georgia figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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