#1Milton
Fulton County · 41,266 peopleMedian household income·±$18,779 margin·4.3% in poverty
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Milton, #1 on this list · Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant · Photo: Ganeshk · CC BY-SA 3.0Milton has the highest median household income of Georgia’s 263 towns of 2,500+: $171,295 a year (Census ACS 2020–2024). The typical town here is at $63,140; 37 of the 263 top $100,000.
Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024: median household income. Each figure is an estimate with a margin of error (in the row); towns whose ranges overlap may not truly differ. The survey reports incomes over $250,000 only as “$250,000+”. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1Median household income·±$18,779 margin·4.3% in poverty
#2Median household income·±$7,573 margin·4.2% in poverty
#3Median household income·±$9,158 margin·5.6% in poverty
Median household income, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 2 towns here).
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Milton (Fulton County): its median household income is $171,295 (±$18,779). Johns Creek ($160,093) and Alpharetta ($147,612) follow.
By median household income in the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T), including every town at the survey’s $250,000+ ceiling. How grades work.
The list covers the towns of 2,500+ that TownRatings grades with an ACS income figure (263 in Georgia). Smaller towns show their income on their own page. Every town is on the Georgia page.
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.