Regional Housing Dashboard
Housing conditions across the 11-county Atlanta region, and progress toward the Regional Housing Strategy. Compare counties and cities, explore the map, and download the data behind every number.
Regional overview
Eleven counties combined. Counts are summed; shares are recomputed from counts; medians are the median of county medians.
Progress toward goals
Each goal records a baseline, a target, the current value and its source. Targets shown here are illustrative placeholders until the adopted goals are entered in the staff workspace.
County profiles
Sort any column, or open a county in the explorer to see its cities and tracts.
| Cherokee County | 104k | $390k | $1.7k | 93% | 77% | 23% | 4.6% | 46% | 14% | $105k | $91.4k | 6.5% | 99k |
| Clayton County | 115k | $195k | $1.3k | 71% | 53% | 47% | 8% | 48% | 27% | $58.5k | $91.4k | 17% | 106k |
| Cobb County | 312k | $374k | $1.6k | 90% | 67% | 33% | 5.8% | 40% | 16% | $98.7k | $91.4k | 8.5% | 293k |
| DeKalb County | 329k | $331k | $1.6k | 87% | 59% | 42% | 13% | 48% | 21% | $77.7k | $91.4k | 14% | 285k |
| Douglas County | 55k | $262k | $1.4k | 79% | 66% | 34% | 7% | 35% | 19% | $80.8k | $91.4k | 11% | 51k |
| Fayette County | 46k | $406k | $1.8k | 98% | 81% | 19% | 4.9% | 45% | 20% | $109k | $91.4k | 5.5% | 44k |
| Forsyth County | 91k | $494k | $1.9k | 106% | 85% | 15% | 4.3% | 37% | 13% | $138k | $91.4k | 4.5% | 87k |
| Fulton County | 500k | $431k | $1.6k | 89% | 54% | 46% | 8.5% | 42% | 19% | $91.5k | $91.4k | 13% | 458k |
| Gwinnett County | 336k | $346k | $1.7k | 94% | 67% | 33% | 3.9% | 49% | 23% | $84.8k | $91.4k | 11% | 323k |
| Henry County | 89k | $277k | $1.5k | 84% | 73% | 28% | 5.4% | 41% | 22% | $81.6k | $91.4k | 9.4% | 84k |
| Rockdale County | 36k | $257k | $1.3k | 73% | 66% | 34% | 5.2% | 49% | 21% | $72.3k | $91.4k | 11% | 34k |
Interactive map
Choose an indicator and a level. Click an area for its summary; open the explorer for the full toolset.
Data sources and updates
| Source | Cadence | Update |
|---|---|---|
| Census ACS 5-year data profiles (DP02–DP05) Housing, economic, social and demographic indicators at every geography level. | Annual, each December | Automated connector |
| ARC housing permit data Permits, starts and completions by jurisdiction. | Quarterly | Staff upload |
| HUD Fair Market Rents and Income Limits Metro and Small Area FMRs by ZIP; income limits by county (HUD USER API). | Annual, each fiscal year | Automated connector |
| HUD CHAS Cost burden by income band. | Annual | Automated connector |
| LCI, TOD, TAD and Opportunity Zone boundaries ARC and local GIS boundary files. | As updated | Staff upload |
| Housing policy adoption ARC survey of local housing-ready policies. | Annual | Staff upload |
Map layers
Reference layers come from ARC’s Open Data Hub feature services where they are published, and from ARC files uploaded in the staff workspace otherwise.
- Livable Centers Initiative areasLoaded from ARC Open Data
- Transit-oriented development areasAwaiting ARC file
- Tax Allocation DistrictsAwaiting ARC file
- Opportunity ZonesLoaded from ARC Open Data
- Transit routesLoaded from ARC Open Data
- MARTA rail stationsLoaded from ARC Open Data
- Regional trails visionLoaded from ARC Open Data
Demonstration environment. Indicator values are real Census ACS estimates; dashboard goals are illustrative placeholders.