Sell Your Commercial Property In Johns Creek, GA

Who rents in Johns Creek

The 2020–2024 ACS counts 81,988 residents and 28,948 occupied homes in Johns Creek. Owners hold 23,268 of them and renters 5,680, or 19.6%, a smaller renter share than Roswell's 28.1% or Sandy Springs' 49.8%. The median household income is $160,093.

Jobs in the city are concentrated in a few employers. The city's 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report lists Alcon at 1,781 employees, Emory Johns Creek Hospital at 1,200 and Macy's System Technology at 1,057. The ten largest employers account for 6,934 jobs, or 44.07% of employment in the city. Alcon's footprint also shows on the tax roll: CIBA Vision Corporation is the largest property taxpayer, with $287,477,881 of taxable assessed value, 4.42% of the city total.

Renters here are not uniformly affluent. Of all renter households, 2,793, or 49.2%, spend 30% or more of income on rent and utilities, and 1,442, or 25.4%, spend half or more. Another 1,588, about 28.0%, spend less than 20%.

Rents and affordability

Median gross rent is $2,257 a month, or $27,084 a year, about 16.9% of the citywide median household income. HUD sets one set of FY2026 Fair Market Rents for the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell area, and Johns Creek sits above all of the common unit sizes:

The city median is $437 above the two-bedroom FMR and $75 above the three-bedroom figure, so Housing Choice Voucher payment standards built on these numbers generally fall short of local rents. Part of the gap reflects the housing mix: the city has more renter households than units in 5+ unit buildings, so many renters lease houses and townhomes, which are typically larger. FY2027 FMRs take effect October 1, 2026.

The apartment stock

Detached houses make up 23,454 of the city's 29,895 housing units, or 78.5%, and attached homes another 2,461, or 8.2%, per the ACS. Buildings with five or more units hold only 3,695 units, 12.4% of the stock: 613 in 5 to 9 unit buildings, 1,210 in 10 to 19, 874 in 20 to 49 and 998 in 50 or more. Buildings of 10 to 49 units hold 2,084 of those units, or 56.4%, so mid-sized properties, rather than large complexes, make up most of the apartment market.

The median housing unit was built in 1995, later than in Roswell or Sandy Springs, where the median is 1989. The stock is also nearly fully occupied: the ACS counts only 947 more housing units than occupied homes, about 3.2% of the stock, and that figure includes homes for sale and seasonal units as well as vacant rentals. With 5,680 renter households and 3,695 units in 5+ unit buildings, a large share of renters live in houses, townhomes or small buildings rather than complexes.

Property taxes on apartment buildings in Fulton County

Georgia assesses property at 40% of fair market value as of January 1, and owners have 45 days after a notice is mailed to appeal, per the Department of Revenue. The 2025 millage report lists Fulton County at 8.870 mills plus 0.169 for bonds, the Fulton County School System at 17.080 and the City of Johns Creek at 3.492 plus 0.250 for bonds. The total, 29.861 mills, is about 1.19% of market value, or roughly $23,900 a year on a $2 million building. That is about 1 mill below Sandy Springs (30.850) and Roswell (31.068).

The HB 581 floating homestead exemption limits assessment increases only on homesteads, so rental buildings can be reassessed to full market value each year. Assessment notices now show an estimated roll-back rate, which helps owners anticipate the next bill.

Landlord rules

Johns Creek cannot cap rents: O.C.G.A. 44-7-19 preempts local rent regulation in Georgia. Leasing is governed by state law. The 2024 Safe at Home Act, summarized in the Georgia Landlord-Tenant Handbook, limits security deposits to two months' rent, requires their return within 30 days, requires a written notice to pay at least three business days before filing a dispossessory, and codifies a duty to keep units fit for habitation. Owners with more than ten units face triple damages for wrongly withheld deposits.

What this means if you own a building here

Few apartment buildings, high rents and a tight vacancy margin make a Johns Creek property scarce, and buyers will pay for that scarcity if the rent roll supports it. Because local comparables are thin, a well-documented trailing 12-month operating statement matters more than usual. At closing, the state transfer tax is $1 per $1,000 of price, and a financed buyer pays the intangible recording tax of $1.50 per $500 of the loan, capped at $25,000 per note. Skyline Capital Investments buys 5+ unit buildings in Johns Creek and across north Fulton. Run your numbers through our apartment building value calculator, or see how we make offers on our sell your apartment building page.