Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Georgia, this town has 3,524 residents.
The everyday basics are strong; the price of a home is the catch. It does especially well on incomes — the median household earns $112K. With an A− overall, Chattahoochee Hills is better than just over three quarters of U.S. towns and ranks 24th of 258 in Georgia. Schools are another plus: its schools rank ahead of 80% of Georgia towns. What counts against it is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $546K, 6.1 years of the Atlanta metro’s $90K median household income. Cochran Mill Park, at 808 acres with 7.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Chattahoochee Hills’ average commute is 37 minutes, where Georgia’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. On hazard risk, just 16 of Georgia’s 374 towns do better.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenStreetMap.
Where Chattahoochee Hills beats most towns.
2,378 counted in 2010 and 2,950 in 2020; an estimated 3,524 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 19.9% since 2020, after 24.1% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Chattahoochee Hills is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2015 and 3 maps from 1958 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Chattahoochee Hills, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Chattahoochee Hills.
Chattahoochee Hills owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Georgia; it also has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Georgia.
At 6.1 years of the Atlanta metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home (about $546K) costs more against local pay than in 94% of Georgia towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. The median property tax bill is $3,869, against $2,341 across Georgia, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Home values are up 2% over the year to September 2026. The share of households in Chattahoochee Hills who own their home: 90%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its two schools are below. Chattahoochee Hills’ only public school teaches 536 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chattahoochee Hills Charter SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 536 | C |
| Terra School at Serenbe PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 230 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
FEMA puts 70% of Chattahoochee Hills’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 10% to tornadoes. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 89% of U.S. communities. Federal aid has come to Chattahoochee Hills households in 3 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
19 miles of trail wind through 6 parks and preserves. For Chattahoochee Hills, the trail network density is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Chattahoochee Hills | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 3.6% | 2.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cochran Mill Park | 7.3 mi | 808 |
| 2. Hutcheson Ferry Park | 2.7 mi | 101 |
| 3. Bear Creek Nature Center | 1 mi | 121 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The average commute for its 1,298 working residents takes 36.5 minutes, against 28.3 across Georgia. 28.8% of workers work from home, against 15.9% across Georgia.
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Chattahoochee Hills rose by 304, to 514. Just 4% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (14%), College Park (4%) and Peachtree City (3%).
| Chattahoochee Hills | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 37 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 1.1% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $112,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 9.2% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Carrollton weather station, 19 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 222 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 77% of Georgia places with climate records. The Carrollton weather station, 19 miles away, records that about 36 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 88% of Georgia places with climate records.
Chattahoochee Hills’ peak summer temperature comes in at 89°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 6,886 U.S. towns with household incomes like Chattahoochee Hills’s, it is less healthy than 79%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
11% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Chattahoochee Hills. The town beats the Georgia average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. Two figures for adults in the town: 42% have high blood pressure, 16% report frequent mental distress.
| Chattahoochee Hills | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 38% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| What stands out | Chattahoochee Hills | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.1% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 12.2% | 15% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Chattahoochee Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaMercedes-Benz Stadium
Big draw17 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Georgia
Big draw38 mi MountainStone Mountain
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaState Farm Arena
24 mi Zoo & aquariumGeorgia Aquarium
27 mi Stadium & arenaTruist ParkMercedes-Benz Stadium: Atlanta Falcons, CC BY 3.0 · Six Flags Over Georgia: hagerman, CC BY 2.0 · Stone Mountain: KyleAndMelissa22, Public domain · State Farm Arena: Hermann Luyken, CC0 · Georgia Aquarium: Diliff, CC BY 2.5 · Truist Park: Thechased at English Wikipedia, CC BY 4.0
None within 15 miles of Chattahoochee Hills; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Chattahoochee Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
Where Chattahoochee Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 towns share a border with Chattahoochee Hills.
| Town | GA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chattahoochee Hills | #24 | A− | C | — | A− | B− |
| Palmetto | #2 | A+ | A− | A− | A− | B− |
| South Fulton | #94 | C+ | C | D | A− | B− |
Chattahoochee Hills reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Chattahoochee Hills with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Chattahoochee Hills grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns and #24 of 258 in Georgia. It grades B− for health and A− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
Chattahoochee Hills has 1 place on the National Register of Historic Places. 2 notable people were born here, including Bobo Osborne and Roy Hartsfield.
