30038Stonecrest, Georgia

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 30038.

62out of 100
Area Score
Top 42% of 5,298 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 27% of 6,210 published ZIP areas66
Schools4099th of 4,422 published ZIP areas17
GrowthTop 42% of 5,428 published ZIP areas55
Housing affordability3934th of 6,685 published ZIP areas74
ClimateTop 21% of 6,789 published ZIP areas78
Physical resilienceTop 35% of 6,709 published ZIP areas71
Access4698th of 6,791 published ZIP areas86
Economic stability4341st of 6,742 published ZIP areas52
The quick read

Unemployment is 4.3% and median household income $73,694, putting employment conditions in the middle range of published ZIP profiles.

In the public schools here, 9% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 14.7 students for every teacher.

A major airport is 17 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
43,776
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$73,694
Top 47% nationally
Density
1,520/sq mi
28.8 sq mi of land
Median age
37.6
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Stonecrest
Georgia
Metro area
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
Nearest major airport
ATL
17 mi · Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta Intl
Median home value
$247,000
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 4.3% is lower than 56% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment grew 1.4% over the past year, to 30,353 employed residents.

35% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 74% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$7,919$73,694Top 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,484$35,326Bottom 46%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate14.1%Top 35%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute38.9 minTop 9%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher35.4%Top 26%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment30,353Bottom 32%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)1.0%Top 36%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)1.4%Top 9%June 2026
Labor force31,704Bottom 32%June 2026
Labor force participation68.3%Top 20%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$71,900Top 33%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$51,170Top 47%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)-0.1%Bottom 42%June 2026
Unemployment rate4.3%Bottom 44%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202474k61k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $73,694 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Retail Salespersons84,970$32,850
Fast Food and Counter Workers80,730$27,780
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand78,460$39,020
General and Operations Managers69,320$111,410
Customer Service Representatives59,990$42,710
Registered Nurses56,460$100,490

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Stonecrest, GA, the city containing this ZIP code.

9% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 14% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 14.7 students for every full-time teacher, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
9
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
14.7
across all schools here
Math proficiency
9.3%
Bottom 6% in Georgia
Reading proficiency
13.9%
Bottom 6% in Georgia
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Martin Luther King- Jr. High SchoolDeKalb County1,37016.3
Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- MedicDeKalb County1,22416.8
Flat Rock Elementary SchoolDeKalb County97715.56%5%
Salem Middle SchoolDeKalb County82712.712%17%
Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary SchoolDeKalb County59916.214%26%
Murphey Candler Elementary SchoolDeKalb County51213.16%17%
Fairington Elementary SchoolDeKalb County46112.58%8%
Browns Mill Elementary SchoolDeKalb County41113.3
Leadership Preparatory Academy · charterDeKalb County26811.7

91.1% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against Georgia’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,685 takes 27% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.4 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
27.4%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.4×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,685
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$247,000
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income3.35Top 43%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate64.7%Bottom 21%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±71717,114Top 6%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$68$1,685Top 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$14,897$247,000Top 43%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income27.4%Top 9%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate14.5%Top 39%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
55/ 100
Top 42% of 5,428 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: only 0% of permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes.

At 1.6 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
96
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
1.6
Bottom 35% nationally
Year over year
+92%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Stonecrest, GA, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 89°F and January a low of 33°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 51.4 inches.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station ATLANTA PEACHTREE AP, 17.2 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.7"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation51.4"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low33°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high89°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months71991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing37°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

71 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are tornado, earthquake and hail.

LightningModerate
HailModerate
TornadoModerate
Ice stormModerate
EarthquakeModerate
LandslideModerate

Low or minimal exposure: inland flooding, strong wind, cold wave, heat wave, hurricane, winter weather, wildfire.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. Reported crime is also easy to misread: agency participation varies year to year, and a city that draws a large daytime workforce carries incidents its residents did not generate.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

1 major airport lies within 100 miles, the nearest 17 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta IntlATL17 mi12,390 ft
Donaldson FldGYH126 mi8,000 ft
Augusta Rgnl At Bush FldAGS127 mi8,001 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

30038 vs Stonecrest

How this ZIP area compares with Stonecrest as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

30038
Stonecrest
Median household income
$73,694
vs
$64,591
Per capita income
$35,326
vs
$31,451
Population density
1,520/sq mi
vs
1,616/sq mi
Median home value
$247,000
vs
$243,500
Median gross rent
$1,685
vs
$1,601
Homeownership rate
64.7%
vs
56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher
35.4%
vs
31.0%
Poverty rate
14.1%
vs
16.7%
Median age
37.6
vs
35.7

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.