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Sandy Springs, GA
105,505 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1368516 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Sandy Springs ranked #47 of 340 cities and 6th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Sandy Springs and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Richardson TX, Woodbridge NJ, Olathe KS, Carrollton TX, Lee's Summit MO, Westminster CO, Arvada CO, Round Rock TX, Centennial CO, Stamford CT, Coral Springs FL, Vacaville CA, Suffolk VA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #47 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #85 | #106 | #72 | #18 | #104 | #34 | #35 | #19 | #41 | #72 | #23 | #17 | #12 | #38 | #51 | #62 | #60 | #81 | #47 | #26 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 84,504 | 87,059 | 89,252 | 90,980 | 92,466 | 94,275 | 96,677 | 98,882 | 99,377 | 101,371 | 104,789 | 105,578 | 106,634 | 108,846 | 109,452 | 108,212 | 107,361 | 107,976 | 106,337 | 105,505 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #267 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | -0.0 | +1.8 | +1.5 | +1.0 | +0.7 | — | +1.3 | +1.5 | -0.2 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.2 | -1.1 | +0.3 | -0.4 | -0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #239 of 269 cities with data · 10th of 12 in its peer group with data · 2023 | — | — | — | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 11.8 | 17.2 | 3.0 | 7.9 | 13.6 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #76 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 15.7% | 15.6% | 14.9% | 16.7% | 15.5% | 19.1% | 18.7% | 18.9% | 19.7% | 19.4% | 19.1% | 19.2% | 20.9% | 21.3% | 21.0% | — | 19.1% | 19.7% | 20.6% | 21.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #24 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | 6.7 | — | 4.3 | 7.4 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | — | 1.8 | 0.9 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 0.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #60 of 295 cities with data · 3rd of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19.2 | 25.9 | 48.4 | 22.2 | 28.2 | 20.9 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 101,864 | 101,591 | 100,664 | 101,842 | 93,004 | 96,903 | 98,307 | 100,222 | 109,674 | 106,506 | 114,763 | 123,445 | 128,348 | 118,500 | 118,198 | 127,380 | 136,180 | 131,801 | 142,073 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #17 of 329 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.3 | -3.3 | -2.8 | +0.8 | -3.1 | +4.4 | -1.1 | -0.1 | +8.2 | -6.9 | +4.4 | +3.6 | +1.8 | -9.8 | -1.4 | +10.6 | +4.5 | -8.7 | +4.6 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 51,817 | 55,554 | 55,003 | 56,491 | 56,698 | 62,852 | 64,432 | 63,542 | 66,223 | — | 64,007 | 63,511 | 68,283 | 63,295 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #73 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.3% | 4.5% | 6.4% | 5.4% | 3.8% | 4.4% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.5% | — | 3.3% | 3.6% | 1.8% | 3.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #14 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | -30% | 28% | 33% | 34% | 29% | 22% | 37% | 36% | 38% | 40% | 32% | 28% | 38% | 36% | 39% | 40% | 42% | 42% | 46% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #115 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $80 | $52 | $26 | $39 | $3 | $0 | $0 | $2,218 | $2,140 | $2,004 | $1,915 | $1,937 | $2,653 | $2,347 | $2,195 | $2,056 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Sandy Springs. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.