Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A city of 105,013, settled in 1941.
For a city of 105,013, Sandy Springs does well: it grades A−, 23rd of 258 graded towns in Georgia. It is among the healthiest towns in the country on CDC estimates and the median household earns $104K. The trade-off: the typical home is worth about $685K, 7.6 years of the Atlanta metro’s $90K median household income. 69% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Sandy Springs, against 25% in Georgia’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. On walkability, just 24 of Georgia’s 371 towns do better. Sandy Springs is home to Chamberlain University-Georgia.
Where Sandy Springs beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Sandy Springs | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.6% | 14.5% |
2 colleges in town.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Sandy Springs is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 46,877 in 1980, 108,080 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 2006 and 5 maps from 1955 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sandy Springs. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaMercedes-Benz Stadium
Big draw16 mi MountainStone Mountain
6 mi Stadium & arenaTruist Park
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaState Farm Arena
5 mi MuseumChattahoochee Nature Center
Big draw15 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over GeorgiaMercedes-Benz Stadium: Atlanta Falcons, CC BY 3.0 · Stone Mountain: KyleAndMelissa22, Public domain · Truist Park: Thechased at English Wikipedia, CC BY 4.0 · State Farm Arena: Hermann Luyken, CC0 · Chattahoochee Nature Center: muffinn from Worcester, UK, CC BY 2.0 · Six Flags Over Georgia: hagerman, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sandy 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 Sandy Springs.
Sandy Springs draws workers from Atlanta and beyond and has less tooth loss than most of Georgia, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Georgia.
At 7.6 years of the Atlanta metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home (about $685K) costs more against local pay than in 96% of Georgia towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $5,553, against $2,341 across Georgia, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Sandy Springs’ median rent is $1,870 a month. The typical Sandy Springs home is worth about $685,000, up 3.4% in a year, about twice the Georgia typical home. 50% of households own their home in Sandy Springs.
| Sandy Springs | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,870 a month | $1,152 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 50% | 58% | 73% |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 45% | 52% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A− for schools comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $685K.
Its public schools are run by the Fulton County school district. Three of its 27 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeview Charter SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 945 | B+ |
| Riverwood International Charter SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,737 | C |
| Heards Ferry Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 699 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
38 miles of trail in 15 parks and preserves. The trail density in Sandy Springs is 1.0 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, at 446 acres.
| Sandy Springs | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.0 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.1% | 2.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. CRNRA - Island Ford Unit | 6.5 mi | 348 |
| 2. CRNRA - Palisades Unit | 5.3 mi | 352 |
| 3. CRNRA - Powers Island Unit | 1.6 mi | 95 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with Georgia is tooth loss: 6.6% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide.
24% of Sandy Springs adults have obesity. Only 8 of the 261 Georgia towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have diabetes than Sandy Springs. 28% of Sandy Springs adults have high blood pressure.
| Sandy Springs | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.3% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 29% | 25% |
| What stands out | Sandy Springs | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.6% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.4% | 17.7% |
| More binge drinkers | 17.8% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
134,326 jobs are based in Sandy Springs, 2.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 31.9% of workers work from home, against 15.9% across Georgia.
Among 263 Georgia towns, just 7 have a higher share of workers working from home than Sandy Springs. Jobs based in Sandy Springs grew to 134,326 in 2023, 30,320 more than in 2013. Most working residents leave Sandy Springs for work: only 15% work in town.
| Sandy Springs | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 32% | 9.2% | 11% |
| Median household income | $104,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.5% | 15% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
81 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 22 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 1992, 81 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Sandy Springs.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons average 88.8°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 87% of Georgia places with climate records; January nights average 32.6°.
Sandy Springs has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Sandy Springs | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 33°F | 33°F | 22°F |
| July high | 89°F | 90°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Reported crimes fell from 1,987 to 1,438 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Within Georgia, it does better than 68% of towns.
| Sandy Springs | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.1 per 1,000 residents | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 12.6 per 1,000 residents | 14.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
24 within 15 miles of the center of Sandy Springs
About 6 of every 100 Sandy Springs residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Georgia.
93,853 counted in 2010 and 108,080 in 2020; an estimated 105,013 in 2025.
Since 2020 the trend has turned: down 2.9%, after 15.2% growth in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
2 places in Sandy Springs on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Georgia, United States
Sandy Springs is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, United States, within the Atlanta metropolitan area. The city's population was 108,080 at the 2020 census, making it the 7th-most populous city in the state. It is the site of several corporate headquarters, including UPS, Newell Brands, Inspire Brands, Focus Brands, Cox Enterprises, and Mercedes-Benz USA's corporate offices.
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5 towns share a border with Sandy Springs.
| Town | GA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Springs | #23 | A− | D− | B− | A− | A+ |
| Atlanta | #151 | C− | D | D | C+ | A− |
| Roswell | #16 | A− | D | B | A− | A+ |
| Dunwoody | #108 | C+ | D | C− | C− | A+ |
| Peachtree Corners | #33 | B+ | D | — | B+ | A− |
| Brookhaven | #119 | C | D− | C− | C− | A+ |
Peachtree Corners reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Sandy Springs with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Sandy Springs grades A− overall, better than 77% of U.S. towns and #23 of 258 in Georgia. It grades A+ for health, B− for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Within Georgia, it does better than 68% of towns.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
2 notable people were born here, including Deborah Silcox and Gabriel Sterling.
