Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Where it does best is schools (A−): its public schools beat 79% of Georgia towns on state tests and graduation. Powder Springs grades B+ overall and ranks 43rd of 258 in Georgia. Nationally, it does better than nearly two thirds of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $364K, 4.1 years of the Atlanta metro’s $90K median household income. The catch is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 64% of U.S. towns. Andrew J. Cheney House and Butner-Mctyre General Store is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Powder Springs beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Powder Springs Elementary School | PK–5 | 805 |
| Compton Elementary School | PK–5 | 593 |
| Tapp Middle School | 6–8 | 809 |
Butner-Mctyre General Store13,940 counted in 2010 and 16,887 in 2020; an estimated 21,004 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 24.2% since 2020, after 21.1% 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 Powder Springs is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 262 in 1890, 16,887 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1864 and 5 maps from 1954 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Powder Springs. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaMercedes-Benz Stadium
Big draw10 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Georgia
12 mi Stadium & arenaTruist Park
Big draw31 mi MountainStone Mountain
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaState Farm Arena
18 mi Zoo & aquariumGeorgia AquariumMercedes-Benz Stadium: Atlanta Falcons, CC BY 3.0 · Six Flags Over Georgia: hagerman, CC BY 2.0 · Truist Park: Thechased at English Wikipedia, CC BY 4.0 · Stone Mountain: KyleAndMelissa22, Public domain · State Farm Arena: Hermann Luyken, CC0 · Georgia Aquarium: Diliff, CC BY 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Powder Springs, 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 Powder Springs.
Powder Springs owes part of its health edge to its incomes, has added a third more jobs in ten years and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Georgia.
Its public schools are run by the Cobb County school district. Below: Two of its 4 schools, each with why it was picked. The 3 public schools in Powder Springs teach 2,207 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tapp Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 809 | B− |
| Grace Christian Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 262 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here grew from 2,599 in 2013 to 3,803.
The typical journey to work for Powder Springs comes to 33 minutes, against 26 minutes in Georgia’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. For most workers, Powder Springs is a place to come home to: only 2% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in the town rose by 1,204, to 3,803. Powder Springs’ middle household income is $105,000.
| Powder Springs | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 23% | 9.2% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $105,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 9.2% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Dallas 7 Ne weather station, 10 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 218 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 88% of Georgia places with climate records. January nights average 32.3°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 82% of Georgia places with climate records; July afternoons average 89.4°.
The midsummer high for Powder Springs comes to 89°F, where Georgia’s towns sit at 90°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. The January low in the town is 32°F. About 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Powder Springs | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 32°F | 33°F | 22°F |
| July high | 89°F | 90°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 7,837 U.S. towns with household incomes like Powder Springs’s, it is less healthy than 61%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
18% of Powder Springs adults worry about having enough food. Two figures for adults locally: 13% binge drink, 38% feel lonely.
| Powder Springs | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 39% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Powder Springs | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 5.6% | 6.5% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.4% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Powder Springs after 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2009. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage locally than in three fifths of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 49 flood insurance claims have been paid out in the town. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 58% come from inland flooding and 16% from tornadoes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For Powder Springs, the typical rent is $1,583 a month. Zillow values the typical Powder Springs home at about $364,000, down 1.9% in a year, 11% above the Georgia typical home. Also worth knowing: among households in the town, 82% own their home.
| Powder Springs | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 82% | 58% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,583 a month | $1,152 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The biggest park or preserve is Powder Springs Park, at 38 acres. 0.6 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The trail density for Powder Springs comes to 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Powder Springs | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7.7% | 2.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Powder Springs Park | 0.4 mi | 38 |
| 2. Silver Comet Linear Park | — | 9 |
| 3. Florence Road Trailhead | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Powder Springs, the midpoint age is 41.1 years. Age groups here sit within 4 points of the Georgia average. Population is up 24% in the town since 2020, to 21,004 by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. For adults 25 and older in the town, the share who hold a bachelor’s degree or more is 41%.
| Powder Springs | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 25% | 29% |
| Median age | 41.1 years | 36.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 15% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 24% | 22% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.8 points. Across Georgia, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Powder Springs | GA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.5% | 11.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.5% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.9% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.1% | 13.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.7% | 12.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.4% | 12.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.7% | 9.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.1% | 5.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.7% | 10.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.3% | 26.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.1% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.9% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.8% | 21.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.3% | 13.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
3 within 15 miles of the center of Powder Springs
About 7 of every 100 Powder Springs residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Georgia.
Where Powder Springs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
15 notable people were born in Powder Springs.
City in Georgia, United States
Powder Springs is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 13,940 at the 2010 census, and 16,887 at the 2020 census. The 12,000-capacity Walter H. Cantrell Stadium is located in Powder Springs. It is used mostly for football and soccer matches.
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2 towns share a border with Powder Springs.
| Town | GA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powder Springs | #43 | B+ | C+ | — | A− | B |
| Hiram | #114 | C | C+ | D− | B | B− |
| Mableton | #30 | B+ | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
Powder Springs and Mableton report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Powder Springs with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Powder Springs grades B+ overall, better than 66% of U.S. towns and #43 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+.
15 notable people were born here, including Shaq Moore and Robyn Lively.
