Atlanta, GA
This is how much money you need to 'live comfortably' in Atlanta, data shows
ATLANTA – Living in Atlanta can come at a price.
A new study shows that single adults in Georgia’s capital city need to make a salary of more than $100,000 to be comfortable.
The annual study, which was published last week by researchers at SmartAsset, used the MIT Living Wage Calculator to examine the nation’s 99 largest metropolitan areas.
In order to determine what is a “comfortable” lifestyle, the study uses the 50/30/20 rule, which allocates 50% of income to basic living expenses, 30% to discretionary spending, and 20% to savings or paying off debt.
Using those methods, the researchers found that single Atlanta residents would need an hourly wage of $51.66 or a $107,453 salary before taxes to live comfortably. For working parents with two children, the number is even higher at $230,880 needed annually.
Population spike driving up housing prices
The numbers are in and the metro Atlanta area is growing at a breakneck pace. Data shows the growth rate has gone up substantially since last year. Experts explain how this amount of growth could worsen an already looming affordable housing crisis.
Atlanta home buyers need to earn almost $60K more in 2024 than 2020 to afford a home
While those numbers are higher than the national average of $96,500 for single people, they are surprisingly slightly less than the average combined income needed for a family of four – which was $235,000.
The results ranked Atlanta as 79th on the list of 99 areas for affordability.
Out of all the areas examined, three Texas cities – Houston, El Paso, and Lubbock – took the top three spots.
New York City was the most expensive for a single person, requiring $66.62 in hourly wages, or an annual salary of $138,570.
In six cities, the study found that a family had to make over $300k to raise two kids comfortably. Those cities were San Francisco, San Jose, Boston, Arlington, Virginia, New York City, and Oakland California.
You can see the full study here.
Atlanta, GA
Buckhead apartment building evacuated due to dangerous carbon monoxide levels
ATLANTA – A Buckhead apartment building was evacuated for a time late Tuesday night due to a carbon monoxide alarm.
What we know:
The incident occurred at an apartment complex in the 2900 block of Pharr Court South.
According to Atlanta Fire Rescue, firefighters are investigating elevated carbon monoxide levels.
The entire building was evacuated as a precaution.
One person was evaluated at the scene for possible carbon monoxide exposure.
Crews ventilated the building while they looked for the source.
Firefighters say they were able to finally locate the source and contain it.
Once readings were back to a safe level, residents were allowed back inside the apartments.
What we don’t know:
It remains unclear how many residents were displaced by the evacuation.
The Source: The details in this article come from the Atlanta Fire Rescue.
Atlanta, GA
2 arrested in deadly drive-by shooting of 7-year-old Atlanta girl, police say
Two suspects in a shooting that left a 7-year-old Atlanta girl dead and her mother injured are now in custody nearly a week after the violence, police say.
The shooting happened around 9:45 p.m. on Feb. 24 at a home on the 2200 block of Tiger Flowers Drive NW.
Investigators believe the shooting stemmed from a dispute between one of the victim’s family members and the gunman over the phone. Thirty minutes after the argument, the suspect came back and fired shots into the home, police said.
Officers responding to the scene found a 44-year-old woman and her daughter, identified as 7-year-old Zoe Price, shot. Medics rushed the pair to a local hospital, but Price died from her injuries.
Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said the department’s homicide unit secured an arrest warrant for 19-year-old Preston Smith two days after the shooting. Smith turned himself in to the Fulton County Jail on March 2.
Schierbaum said officers executed a search warrant on Feb. 27 at a home on McDaniel Street. On that day, 17-year-old Steven Richardson, who police described as an “accomplice,” turned himself in to authorities.
Both men are charged with murder, criminal attempt to commit murder, three counts of aggravated assault, second-degree criminal damage to property, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and four counts of third-degree cruelty to children. Richardson is also charged with possession of a Firearm by a Person Under 18.
At a press conference to announce the arrests, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens described Price as a bright and compassionate little girl who was “full of energy and full of joy.”
“Her life was cut short in an act of senseless violence, and that loss is not abstract. It is a chair that is going to be missing at the dinner table each night. It is an empty classroom seat next to her friends,” Dickens said.
The mayor called the arrests “a step forward towards justice” for Price’s family and families across the city.
Dickens said that violence, like the act that took Price’s life, would not be tolerated in Atlanta.
Atlanta, GA
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