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60,501people live here $64,591median household income▼ 20% below US $1,601median rent per month▲ 13% above US $243,500median home value▼ 27% below US

What it's like to live in Stonecrest

Stonecrest is a smaller city in Georgia with home prices that remain within reach and schools with class sizes near the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Stonecrest deals with household incomes below the national average, long average commutes, air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, and a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin.

The good

Affordable home prices
Average class sizes

The not so good

Below-average household incomes
Long commutes
Air quality concerns
High rent burden for renters
Hot summers
Above-average rainfall

How Stonecrest compares

Median household income

Stonecrest$64,591

Georgia avg$77,353

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Stonecrest$1,601

Georgia avg$1,393

US$1,413

Median home value

Stonecrest$243,500

Georgia avg$303,300

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Stonecrest

Based on Stonecrest's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,202

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $64,040 a year
56% of Stonecrest renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$48,700

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $24,350
Homes cost 3.8× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 13% above US

$1,601/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,601 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices are reasonable, with a median around $243,500. Not a steal, but not intimidating either.

Median home value $243,500 · 56% of renters cost-burdened

Job marketNear US average

4.4% unemployment

Unemployment here is 4.4%, close to the national average of 4.3%.

City-level (BLS)

Safety

716 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Stonecrest doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the DeKalb County Police Department jurisdiction as a whole, which runs above the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 3351/100k · Policed by DeKalb County Police Department (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 38% above US

36 min average commute

Traffic is a real factor here. The 36 minute average means plenty of commuters are pushing 45 to 60 minutes on a bad day. Proximity to work matters more here than it might elsewhere. 7 in 10 workers drive to work; 18% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

65%

Work from home

18%

Carpool

10%

Public transit

3.1%

Other

2.3%

Walk

1.8%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 91°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 33°F. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Healthcare

1 hospital

There's one Medicare-certified hospital inside city limits, rated 1.0 out of 5 by Medicare. Hospitals in neighboring towns aren't counted here.

Medicare-certified hospitals

Education & workforce▼ 14% below US

31% bachelor's degree or higher

Education levels run about average, with 31% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.

Schools

12 public schools inside the boundary

There are 12 public schools inside the boundary and 10 private schools. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17:1, close to the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park (14 miles away). There are 5 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Stonecrest's strongest point is home prices that remain within reach; the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and long average commutes. A year of median rent ($1,601/mo) equals 30% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit remote workers (18% of workers here already work from home). It may be a harder fit for people who dread long commutes.

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