City · Cobb County, Georgia

Smyrna, Georgia

Smyrna is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area. It has 56,633 residents. Smyrna, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 76 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,749 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #8 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on new business applications (high), broadband subscriptions (high) and gyms and fitness centers (high). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high) and public libraries (low).

76High

Quality-of-life score: #3,749 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #8 of 386 in GA
Population: 56,633 (2020-2024)
Land area: 16 mi²
Density: 3,500.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 1371492

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety62#5,898/15,637
Economy75#3,940/15,631
Housing34#9,853/14,977
Health90#1,519/15,609
Healthcare59#6,446/15,650
Environment53#7,254/15,453
Education85#2,400/15,649
Infrastructure79#3,248/15,650
Community42#9,069/15,651
Leisure & amenities72#4,420/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Smyrna, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Cobb County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

New business applications · high26.1 /1k
96/100Georgia 22.5 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauCobb County value
Broadband subscriptions · high97.2%
93/100Georgia 91.0%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.1 /10k
93/100Georgia 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCobb County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · high59.4%
92/100Georgia 35.0%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Child care cost burden · low21.1%
91/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCobb County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Georgia 9.6United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationCobb County value

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high262 min
2/100Georgia 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCobb County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.6 µg/m³
4/100Georgia 9.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCobb County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
5/100Georgia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCobb County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.487
9/100Georgia 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Average commute time · high29.8 min
14/100Georgia 28.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Loneliness · high35.7%
16/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
41.9% (2015-2019) → 51.9% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedImproving
4.2 /1k (2021) → 5.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+40%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$76,444 (2015-2019) → $100,061 (2020-2024)
+31%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
53.5% (2015-2019) → 59.4% (2020-2024)
+5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
92.6% (2015-2019) → 97.2% (2020-2024)
+4.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.7× (2015-2019) → 4.5× (2020-2024)
+21%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Smyrna, Georgia improved on 4 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 6 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Uninsured−3 points15.0% → 12.0%
Bachelor's++5.9 points53.5% → 59.4%
Household income+31%$76,444 → $100,061
Broadband+4.6 points92.6% → 97.2%

Declined4

Inequality+0.0360.451 → 0.487
Rent burden+10 points41.9% → 51.9%
Rent / income+3.8 points27.1% → 30.9%
Price / income+0.8×3.7× → 4.5×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Smyrna, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.7 min2015-2019	29.8 min2020-2024	+1.0 min	Within the margin of error	36%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.5%2015-2019	59.4%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Improved	74%
Broadband subscriptions	92.6%2015-2019	97.2%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Improved	29%
Child poverty rate	15.2%2015-2019	15.9%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Effective property tax rate	0.90%2015-2019	0.79%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	36%
High school diploma or higher	92.5%2015-2019	95.1%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	4.5×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	32%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4512015-2019	0.4872020-2024	+0.036	Declined	23%
Median household income	$76,4442015-2019	$100,0612020-2024	+31%	Improved	57%
Poverty rate	9.4%2015-2019	10.6%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Rent as share of income	27.1%2015-2019	30.9%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Declined	28%
Rent-burdened households	41.9%2015-2019	51.9%2020-2024	+10 points	Declined	23%
Unemployment rate	4.5%2015-2019	3.7%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.0%2015-2019	12.0%2020-2024	−3 points	Improved	76%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Smyrna, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Smyrna, Georgia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Smyrna, Georgia itself moved −6.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

56,633 residents (±61)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

24,809 households (±781)

Smyrna, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k10%2,536
$25k–50k12%3,050
$50k–75k16%4,088

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

24,809 households (±781)

Smyrna, Georgia
Georgia share

Own59%14,725
Rent41%10,084

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+4.1 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

32,398 workers (±1,338)

Smyrna, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone60%19,569
Carpool6.5%2,104
Public transit0.3%†109

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Cobb County, the county holding most of Smyrna's residents.

Cobb County has 22,148 employer establishments, 283 for every 10,000 residents (1.14× the US rate of 248; 1.20× Georgia's), with 376,117 paid employees at an average annual pay of $74,183. The Census Bureau also counts 99,811 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 22,148; 99,811 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 283; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 376,117
Average annual pay: $74,183; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Cobb County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	2,056	26.3	1.26×More than typical	24,403	$78,813	4,288
Restaurants and other eating places	1,542	19.7	1.07×About typical	32,221	$22,865	541
Lessors of real estate	1,310	16.8	1.36×More than typical	6,818	$74,798	8,831
Specialty trade contractors	1,212	15.5	1.00×About typical	22,127	$79,607	6,931
Management, scientific and technical consulting	956	12.2	1.82×More than typical	7,367	$103,900	4,864
Limited-service restaurants	751	9.6	1.20×About typical	13,716	$19,815	147
Construction of buildings	682	8.7	1.15×About typical	8,048	$116,842	3,360
Offices of other health practitioners	654	8.4	1.38×More than typical	2,980	$52,620	1,917
Computer systems design and related services	652	8.3	1.93×More than typical	15,448	$127,744	1,361
Legal services	637	8.2	1.52×More than typical	3,772	$93,627	921
Real estate agents and brokers	622	8	1.64×More than typical	1,067	$87,933	2,768
Services to buildings and dwellings	615	7.9	1.17×About typical	5,589	$46,963	6,672

Rank places for an industry Open Cobb County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 781,435 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $14.2M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Smyrna, Georgia: $250 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $14.2M; +7.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $250; US $1,994
Sole-source: 16%; US 30%
Single offer: 38%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Customs and Border Protection$6.2M44%
Department of the Army$3.3M23%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$1.2M8.5%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$881.2K6.2%
Department of State$754.1K5.3%
U.S. Marshals Service$425.8K3.0%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$374.5K2.6%
Forest Service$202.3K1.4%

Top recipients

GLOCK, INC$8.6M60%
COMMDEX, LLC$3M21%
MIRION TECHNOLOGIES (CANBERRA), INC.$1.9M14%
ASRT, INC.$374.5K2.6%
DMW MARINE GROUP, LLC$77.7K0.5%
MARK C. POPE ASSOCIATES, INC.

Spending by fiscal year

12.8MFY2017
11.8MFY2018
37.3MFY2019
31.3MFY2020
19.3MFY2021
21.5MFY2022
16.5MFY2023
13M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$8.6M60%
Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342$3M21%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$1.9M14%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$327.3K2.3%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$79.2K0.6%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Smyrna, Georgia

JOINT PERSONAL DOSIMETER INDIVIDUAL BATTLEFIELD DOSIMETERS, CONFORMANCE TESTING, SPARE PARTS, AND TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION.$42.2M
MIRION TECHNOLOGIES (CANBERRA), INC.· Cobb County, GA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 1, 2019 – Jun 9, 2026· W911SR19F0042
LAND MOBILE RADIO (LMR) TOWERS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR (M&R)$14.6M
COMMDEX, LLC· Cobb County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Sep 27, 2023 – Aug 27, 2026· 70B02C23F00001085
HANDGUNS AND PARTS FOR CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION$3.8M
GLOCK, INC· Cobb County, GA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026· 70B06C26F00000859
SECURE AND RESILIENT MOBILE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE (SRMNI) PROJECT: FIFTH GENERATION (5G) NETWORK SECURITY. INTEGRATING AND TAILORING THE OPERATION OF THE PRODUCTS AND CAPABILITIES TO MEET TTA #2 GOALS 1, 2 AND 3.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Smyrna, Georgia, so they do not add up across cities.

Smyrna, Georgia's figures are part of those of Cobb County, GA ($1.2B in FY2026), never added to them: 1.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Smyrna is mostly in Cobb County.

See federal money in Cobb County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Smyrna, Georgia is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Jon OssoffD-

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Cobb County82100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA57

Other cities and towns in Cobb County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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