Housing in Midtown at a glance
- Population
- 30,345
- Housing units
- about 20,084
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $413,000Atlanta: $439,600 (-6%)
- Median gross rent
- $2,170 a monthAtlanta: $1,711 (+27%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 42.3%Atlanta: 46.4%
- Homes built before 1980
- 26%
- Median year built
- 2003
Midtown rents high in a sector that is otherwise middling on value. Its rent of $2,170 is 2nd on the list and 27% over the city, yet homes are valued at $413,000, 6% beneath Atlanta and in 7th place. Virginia Highland, with $769,000, and Old Fourth Ward, with $540,000, both sit well above it on value, while Downtown comes in at $352,000. Ownership reaches 42.3%, a little beneath the city's 46.4%. Housing is mostly recent, as the typical build year is 2003 and only 26% of homes are older than 1980, 6th on the list, whereas Virginia Highland has 76.9%, a gap that makes Midtown the younger of the two. Midtown sits near the city's population centre, and renters outnumber owners, with 10,506 households renting against 7,693 that own.
Questions about Midtown
What is the median home value in Midtown, Atlanta?
$413,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $439,600 for Atlanta as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Midtown?
$2,170 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,711 in Atlanta (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Midtown own or rent?
Most rent: 42.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 46.4% in Atlanta (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 9 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city. Boundaries used: City of Atlanta GIS, Official Neighborhoods (consulted 2026-11-02).
Midtown is one of the 10 most populous neighborhoods (of 248 official neighborhoods) of Atlanta: population 30,345 (Official Neighborhoods with 2025 Demographic Data (TotalPop), City of Atlanta Department of City Planning GIS).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Atlanta as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Midtown
The closest sectors of Atlanta, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of Atlanta
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Midtown. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Midtown? Ask for your spot.