Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Stone Mountain earns a D, 207th among Georgia's 258 graded towns, mostly because of health and schools. Residents are less healthy than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its public schools trail 83% of Georgia towns on state tests and graduation. In its favor, natural-hazard risk is low. 13% of the land in Stone Mountain is conserved, where Georgia’s towns sit at 2.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. On walkability, just 33 of Georgia’s 371 towns do better. College Avenue Bridge and Stone Mountain Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Stone Mountain beats most towns.
5,802 counted in 2010 and 6,703 in 2020; an estimated 6,562 in 2025.
Since 2020 the trend has turned: down 2%, after 15.5% growth 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 Stone Mountain is from typical.
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Census counts: 690 in 1870, 6,703 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1860 and 5 maps from 1956 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Stone Mountain. Close and well known come first.
Big draw2 mi MountainStone Mountain
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaMercedes-Benz Stadium
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaState Farm Arena
13 mi Zoo & aquariumGeorgia Aquarium
Big draw22 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Georgia
18 mi Stadium & arenaTruist ParkStone Mountain: KyleAndMelissa22, Public domain · Mercedes-Benz Stadium: Atlanta Falcons, CC BY 3.0 · State Farm Arena: Hermann Luyken, CC0 · Georgia Aquarium: Diliff, CC BY 2.5 · Six Flags Over Georgia: hagerman, CC BY 2.0 · Truist Park: Thechased at English Wikipedia, CC BY 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Stone Mountain, 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 Stone Mountain.
Stone Mountain is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has home values still below their peak and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Georgia.
Against the 4,648 U.S. towns with household incomes like Stone Mountain’s, it is less healthy than 66%, so that grade isn’t only a matter of income.
A fifth of Stone Mountain adults report frequent mental distress. Stone Mountain: a third of adults worry about having enough food, above both Georgia’s towns (22%) and U.S. towns (14%). Against the Georgia average, Stone Mountain comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 19.
| Stone Mountain | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 22% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Stone Mountain | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.9% | 7% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 19.3% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the DeKalb County school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Champion Middle Theme SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 782 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
Since 2003, Stone Mountain has seen 14 flood insurance claims paid out. On expected storm and flood damage, Stone Mountain sits below 88% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 53% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 12% to tornadoes. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2017.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Within Georgia, it does better than 45% of towns. Stone Mountain’s level of violent crime comes in at 4 per 1,000 residents.
| Stone Mountain | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4 per 1,000 residents | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 14.3 per 1,000 residents | 14.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Stone Mountain has 581 jobs for its 2,694 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Stone Mountain’s typical household income stands at $47,000. The top destinations are Atlanta (19%), Tucker (5%) and Sandy Springs (3%). The share of residents in Stone Mountain who live below the poverty line: 17%. Half commute less than 13 miles.
| Stone Mountain | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $47,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 9.2% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 15% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons average 89°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 82% of Georgia places with climate records; January nights average 33°.
In Stone Mountain, the midsummer high is 89°F. About 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Stone Mountain | 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
The typical value, about $265K, is 12% below its August 2022 peak. 74.4% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 52.4% across Georgia.
In the year to September 2026, typical home values slipped 4.7%. The going rate for rent for Stone Mountain comes to $1,540 a month. Half of households live in a home they own in the town.
| Stone Mountain | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 50% | 58% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,540 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 Stone Mountain Park, at 65 acres. Count the trails in 5 parks and preserves and they come to 0.6 miles. The town’s concentration of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Stone Mountain Park | 0.3 mi | 65 |
| 2. McCurdy Park | 0.2 mi | 11 |
| 3. Randolph Medlock Park | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
27 within 15 miles of the center of Stone Mountain
About 7 of every 100 Stone Mountain residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Georgia.
12.6% of the town is conserved land, across 5 parks and preserves.
21 notable people were born in Stone Mountain.
City in Georgia, United States
Stone Mountain is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 6,703 as of 2020. Stone Mountain is in the eastern part of DeKalb County and is a suburb of Atlanta that encompasses nearly 1.7 square miles. It lies near and touches the western base of the geological formation of the same name. Locals often call the city "Stone Mountain Village" to distinguish it from the larger unincorporated area traditionally considered Stone Mountain and Stone Mountain Park.
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Stone Mountain grades D overall, better than 8% of U.S. towns and #207 of 258 in Georgia. It grades D for health, C for safety and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Within Georgia, it does better than 45% of towns.
That is 3 years of the area's median household income ($89,724 across the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
21 notable people were born here, including Josh Wolff and DeQuan Jones.
