Vinings, Georgia
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Vinings · Cobb County, Georgia
Population 13,538 (est. 2026: ~16,600)
Source: Census ACS 2023 · ACS 2023 + 6.29% annual growth projection

Vinings, Georgia

Cobb County, Georgia · Population 12,581

Vinings sits at the southeastern edge of Cobb County, pressed against the Chattahoochee River and the Atlanta city line. It is a census-designated place — no incorporated mayor, no city hall — yet it functions as one of metro Atlanta's most recognizable addresses. The Cumberland corridor runs through it, Truist Park (home of the Atlanta Braves) anchors its commercial gravity, and the river bluffs give it a topographic identity that most suburban Atlanta communities lack. For a place of roughly 12,500 people, Vinings punches well above its weight in income, education, and proximity to Atlanta's economic core.

People & Demographics

Vinings holds 12,947 residents across 7,240 occupied households, with an average household size of just 1.79 — well below the typical suburban profile and a clear signal that this is heavily a young-professional and couple-without-children community. The median age is 33.3.

Racial composition: 7,166 residents identify as white, 3,834 as Black, 392 as Asian, and 861 as Hispanic or Latino. Children under 18 number 1,771, representing about 14% of the population — low for a community this size, consistent with the small household footprint. Family households account for only 2,565 of the 7,240 total — roughly 35%.

Economy & Employment

The median household income in Vinings is $91,071, and per capita income reaches $80,167 — both figures sitting comfortably above Cobb County's own above-average numbers and well above the Georgia state median. This is not a struggling community economically. Of 9,104 residents in the labor force, only 195 are unemployed, a rate of roughly 2.1%.

The poverty count stands at 712 individuals — meaningful in absolute terms but modest relative to the total population. The income and education profile suggests a workforce heavily concentrated in professional services, finance, technology, and corporate management, consistent with Vinings' proximity to the Cumberland/Galleria office district and easy highway access to Atlanta's urban core.

Housing

Housing in Vinings reflects its location and income level directly. The median home value is $559,900, and median rent runs $1,662 per month. Of 7,975 total housing units, 7,240 are occupied and 735 sit vacant — a 9.2% vacancy rate that points to a fluid rental market with regular turnover.

The tenure split is decisively renter-heavy: 4,640 renter-occupied units versus 2,600 owner-occupied, meaning renters represent about 64% of occupied housing. This is consistent with the large apartment and condo inventory that defines much of the Vinings/Cumberland market. For buyers, the $559,900 median reflects demand driven by the Atlanta metro and the community's relative scarcity of affordable single-family entry points.

Schools

Vinings is served by Cobb County School District, one of Georgia's largest. High schools accessible to this community include:

Cobb County's high school system runs large by design — most campuses exceed 2,000 students. For post-secondary vocational training, Empire Beauty School–Kennesaw (contact: 800-920-4593) operates in the broader area.

Getting Around

Of 8,653 workers, 5,910 drive alone — about 68%. 2,302 work from home, a striking 26.6% share that reflects both the income profile and the post-pandemic shift in professional employment. Only 153 carpool. Transit use registers at zero in the ACS data, meaning Vinings is effectively car-dependent for commuters who leave the house. Walking accounts for 252 workers, modest but not negligible given the walkable pockets near Vinings Village.

Aggregate travel time across all commuters totals 155,695 minutes, averaging roughly 18 minutes per commuting worker — short by metro Atlanta standards, a direct product of how close Vinings sits to major Atlanta employment centers.

Healthcare

Three hospitals serve the broader Vinings area:

For local provider lookup, the CMS NPI Registry search for Vinings, GA providers is available at npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov.

Library

Stratton Library serves Vinings and sits approximately 0.3 miles from the community center. Phone: (770) 528-2522. It is part of the Cobb County Public Library System.

Parks & Recreation

Three National Park Service units are accessible from Vinings:

Natural Hazards

Cobb County's FEMA disaster declaration history stretches back to 1993 and covers a consistent pattern of threats:

Severe weather and flooding have been the most recurrent issues — declarations for severe storms and flooding in 1993, 1998, and 2009; tornadoes and high winds in 1993; and severe winter storms in 1993, 2000, 2014, and a 2026 winter storm event. The region's vulnerability to ice storms is real — the 2014 declaration came from a storm that paralyzed the metro.

Tropical systems have reached this far inland repeatedly: Hurricane Opal (1995), Ivan (2004), a Hurricane Katrina evacuation declaration (2005), Irma (2017), and Hurricane Helene (2024). Hurricanes don't hit Atlanta directly, but their remnants regularly deliver flooding and wind damage.

COVID-19 generated both emergency and major disaster declarations in March 2020.

Residents should plan for winter ice events, periodic flash flooding, and the occasional severe storm system moving up from the Gulf.

Government & Municipal Code

Vinings is a census-designated place, not an incorporated municipality. Cobb County provides primary government services. The Vinings CDP municipal code is published by Municode and available at library.municode.com/ga/vinings-cdp-georgia.

No building code is on file for this CDP in the Municode database.

Weather

Current National Weather Service forecast: forecast.weather.gov

Active weather alerts: alerts.weather.gov

Nearest weather observation station: MARIETTA 4.2 SW, approximately 0.9 miles from Vinings.

Education Attainment

Among residents 25 and older (10,130 total), the educational profile is notably advanced: 4,231 hold a bachelor's degree, 1,680 a master's degree, and 204 a doctorate. High school diploma holders account for 751. The concentration of graduate-degree holders reflects the professional employment base and the metro Atlanta knowledge economy this community plugs directly into.

References

The law belongs to the people. Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 590 U.S. (2020)