Relocation Guide · Alpharetta, GA
Moving to Alpharetta, GA: A Relocation Guide
Alpharetta is a 26.9-square-mile Fulton County city whose name rides on mail well beyond its limits. This guide covers which addresses are really inside the city, what its housing looks like, how GA-400 and MARTA shape the commute, and the school calendar a family moves around.
Quick answer
Alpharetta is a North Fulton city of about 67,000 people along GA-400 Exits 8 to 11, where a third of homes sit in buildings of five or more units and the median home value is $737,000. Five ZIP codes reach into the city and none lies wholly inside it, so check a street address against the city line before you sign. The nearest MARTA rail stop is North Springs, the Red Line’s northern end, in Sandy Springs.
Key Takeaways
- ZIP 30009 is 80 percent Alpharetta and ZIP 30005 is 54 percent; the city holds just 7 percent of ZIP 30004 and 27 percent of ZIP 30022.
- The transit planned for Alpharetta is bus rapid transit along GA-400 to Windward Parkway, not a rail extension.
- More than a third of Alpharetta workers, 36.7 percent, work from home, and 0.5 percent commute by public transit.
- Alpharetta sits across the 25-mile line: by road the city runs from about 21 to 32 miles from Five Points, and its center is about 26, so LIOO’s 3-hour minimum depends on the address.
Which addresses are actually in Alpharetta
Alpharetta shares its longest boundary with Milton, then Roswell and Johns Creek, and the ZIP codes used across this part of North Fulton cross those lines. City services and city property taxes follow the city limit, not the ZIP, so the street address is what places a home inside or outside Alpharetta.
| ZIP | Share of the ZIP inside Alpharetta | Who holds most of the rest |
|---|---|---|
| 30009 | 80% | Milton 16%, Roswell 5% |
| 30005 | 54% | Johns Creek 16%; the remainder lies outside any city |
| 30022 | 27% | Johns Creek 65%, Roswell 8% |
| 30004 | 7% | Milton 61%; about a third lies outside any city |
| 30076 | 4% | Roswell 96% |
Shares are land area, measured on Census ZIP-area and city boundary files.
Alpharetta by the numbers
About one Alpharetta resident in seven (14.9 percent) lived at a different address a year earlier.
Houses, townhomes and apartment buildings
Alpharetta’s 27,878 homes split three ways: 52.0 percent detached houses, 10.8 percent attached townhome-style houses and 33.3 percent in buildings of five or more units. Nearly half of all homes, 49.2 percent, went up in the 1980s and 1990s, and 23.4 percent date from 2010 or later.
For a household moving to Alpharetta, the building type decides the move-in plan. An apartment building may ask for a reserved elevator or loading time and a certificate of insurance from the movers; a townhome loads from its garage or a shared drive; a house loads from its own driveway. LIOO’s apartment moves page covers the building side of that plan.
Getting around: GA-400 and the rail gap
GA-400 runs through the middle of Alpharetta, and four of its interchanges serve the city: Exit 8 at Mansell Road, Exit 9 at Haynes Bridge Road, Exit 10 at Old Milton Parkway (State Route 120) and Exit 11 at Windward Parkway. The Fulton–Forsyth county line is about a mile and a half farther north, at McGinnis Ferry Road.
There is no MARTA rail station in Alpharetta. The Red Line ends at North Springs station in Sandy Springs, east of GA-400, which has parking decks and direct Red Line trains to Downtown and the airport. In a straight line the city sits 19.8 to 26.1 miles from Five Points in downtown Atlanta.
Is transit coming to Alpharetta?
The transit planned for Alpharetta is bus rapid transit, not rail. Georgia DOT’s SR 400 Express Lanes project adds two tolled lanes each way between North Springs station and McGinnis Ferry Road, with an opening target of 2031, and MARTA will run bus rapid transit in the corridor to the Windward Parkway Park & Ride. For now most trips are by car or from home: in the ACS 2020–24 survey, 54.5 percent of Alpharetta workers drove alone, 36.7 percent worked from home and 0.5 percent used transit.
The 2026–27 school calendar
Alpharetta lies entirely in Fulton County, and Fulton County Schools sets the school year. For 2026–27 the district is closed for Thanksgiving 23–27 November, for winter break 21 December to 1 January with classes resuming 5 January 2027, for the February break 15–19 February and for spring break 5–9 April. The last day of school is 27 May 2027.
Planning the move itself
Alpharetta sits across the 25-mile line: by road the city runs from about 21 to 32 miles from Five Points, and its center is about 26, so LIOO’s 3-hour minimum depends on the address. The Alpharetta movers page lays out the hourly rates and how the minimum is set by address. Coming from elsewhere in Georgia, a move is priced per shipment through long-distance moving within Georgia.
Two state errands follow the move: a new Georgia driver’s license and an updated address everywhere. The Georgia driver’s license guide and the change-of-address checklist walk through both. Deciding between two North Fulton cities? The Roswell vs. Alpharetta comparison sets them side by side.
Planning a move to Alpharetta?
Send both addresses and a date, and LIOO Moving comes back with a crew size and an hourly rate.
Moving to Alpharetta: questions
Is my 30004 or 30022 address inside Alpharetta?+
How far is Alpharetta from downtown Atlanta?+
Is there MARTA rail in Alpharetta?+
What kind of housing will we find in Alpharetta?+
When are Fulton County Schools on break in 2026–27?+
Sources
Your next step
Plan the rest of your move
When to bring in the pros: stairs and long carries, heavy or fragile pieces (pianos, safes, glass), a building that requires a COI, or a timeline that slipped. See how a LIOO crew runs it →