Roswell
A historic river town with Canton Street at its center and 1980s-90s subdivisions doing most of the housing work.
Updated September 2026 · Source: FMLS, compiled by the Terence Richardson Group
The 60-second read
$690,000 is Roswell's median close price on 1,093 FMLS closings in the year ending September 2026. Next door, Alpharetta's median ran $759,000 for a similar product era, so Roswell is the discount with the better historic core.
The market is quick: 19 median days, sellers averaging 97% of list. Canton Street is the differentiator, a walkable restaurant strip with a real mill village behind it, plus river parks and the Vickery Creek trails minutes away. New construction, though, is basically not on the menu.
What the housing stock actually is
Roswell is a 1980s-90s market at its core: 54% of recent sales came from that era, with another 18% from the 1960s and 70s and 14% from the 2000s to early 2010s. Swim-tennis subdivisions, brick traditionals, and established cul-de-sac streets are the standard product.
The middle half of sales ran 1,891 to 3,471 square feet, priced $515,000 to $900,000. Most of this stock is 30 to 45 years old, so renovation level is the big variable inside that band.
New construction is effectively absent: 1% of sales since 2020 were built 2020 or later. Buyers who need new end up in infill townhomes or head north. Everyone else competes for well-renovated resales, which is a big reason the median market time is 19 days.
Data last updated: September 2026. Source: FMLS closed sales, compiled by the Terence Richardson Group. Y-axis does not start at zero.
View the data table
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Oct 2021 | $465K |
| Nov 2021 | $475K |
| Dec 2021 | $454K |
| Jan 2022 | $428K |
| Feb 2022 | $460K |
| Mar 2022 | $480K |
| Apr 2022 | $496K |
| May 2022 | $520K |
| Jun 2022 | $759K |
| Jul 2022 | $525K |
| Aug 2022 | $500K |
| Sep 2022 | $477K |
| Oct 2022 | $500K |
| Nov 2022 | $530K |
| Dec 2022 | $475K |
| Jan 2023 | $450K |
| Feb 2023 | $499K |
| Mar 2023 | $525K |
| Apr 2023 | $515K |
| May 2023 | $540K |
| Jun 2023 | $721K |
| Jul 2023 | $535K |
| Aug 2023 | $630K |
| Sep 2023 | $525K |
| Oct 2023 | $750K |
| Nov 2023 | $536K |
| Dec 2023 | $738K |
| Jan 2024 | $526K |
| Feb 2024 | $725K |
| Mar 2024 | $735K |
| Apr 2024 | $780K |
| May 2024 | $773K |
| Jun 2024 | $763K |
| Jul 2024 | $790K |
| Aug 2024 | $740K |
| Sep 2024 | $765K |
| Oct 2024 | $780K |
| Nov 2024 | $630K |
| Dec 2024 | $727K |
| Jan 2025 | $735K |
| Feb 2025 | $545K |
| Mar 2025 | $750K |
| Apr 2025 | $779K |
| May 2025 | $738K |
| Jun 2025 | $783K |
| Jul 2025 | $770K |
| Aug 2025 | $728K |
| Sep 2025 | $783K |
| Oct 2025 | $785K |
| Nov 2025 | $539K |
| Dec 2025 | $743K |
| Jan 2026 | $802K |
| Feb 2026 | $750K |
| Mar 2026 | $635K |
| Apr 2026 | $657K |
| May 2026 | $643K |
| Jun 2026 | $704K |
| Jul 2026 | $708K |
| Aug 2026 | $693K |
| Sep 2026 | $668K |
What tends to work well
- Budgets between $515,000 and $900,000, the middle half of Roswell FMLS sales for the year ending September 2026.
- Buyers who want an established 1980s-90s home at a discount to comparable Alpharetta product.
- Anyone who values a walkable historic district; Canton Street is the north metro's benchmark.
- Trail and river people; the Chattahoochee park units and Vickery Creek trails sit inside the city.
What buyers should think about
- Buyers wanting new construction; 1% of FMLS sales since 2020 were built 2020 or later, and only 12% of sales were built 2015 or newer.
- Commuters who need rail; there is no MARTA station in Roswell, and GA 400 means crossing Holcomb Bridge or Northridge traffic.
- Budgets under roughly $515,000; a quarter of the market closes below that, and it is the most competitive slice.
- Buyers set on the historic core itself; homes walkable to Canton Street are scarce and trade at a premium.
How are the commutes from Roswell?
GA 400 runs along Roswell's east side, reached mainly at Holcomb Bridge Road or Northridge. Roswell Road, GA 9, carries the north-south load through town and across the river into Sandy Springs. Highway 92 links west toward Woodstock. The river crossings are the pinch points at rush hour. Treat the ranges above as 2026 planning numbers and use a live traffic source for your actual hours.
No MARTA rail serves Roswell as of 2026; North Springs station across the river in Sandy Springs is the nearest park-and-ride.
Drive times are realistic off-peak to peak ranges, not promises. Test your own commute at your own hours before you buy; we say that to every client.
- 20-40 min
- to the Perimeter
- 30-50 min
- to Buckhead
- 35-60 min
- to Midtown
- 45-75 min
- to Hartsfield-Jackson
What schools serve Roswell?
Roswell is served by Fulton County Schools. Verify any address's assigned schools with the district's official lookup.
Roswell High School
Fulton County- 9-12
- grades
- 2,119
- students
- 17.1:1
- student-teacher ratio
- 58.8% / 47%
- ELA / Math proficient or above (2024-25)
Centennial High School
Fulton County- 9-12
- grades
- 1,788
- students
- 15.8:1
- student-teacher ratio
- 49.2% / 49.4%
- ELA / Math proficient or above (2024-25)
Sources: enrollment, grades, and staffing from NCES Common Core of Data via the Urban Institute Education Data API (2022-23); assessment figures from Georgia Milestones, Governor's Office of Student Achievement downloadable data, 2024-25, share of tested students scoring Proficient or Distinguished on Georgia Milestones (ELA and Math; EOG for elementary and middle schools, American Literature and Algebra EOC for high schools). Attendance zones are set by the district, change over time, and must be verified address by address before you rely on them. We identify schools factually and present official statistics uniformly; we do not rate, rank, or characterize schools.
Everyday life
Canton Street is the anchor: a walkable historic strip of restaurants, galleries, and shops that fills up on weekend evenings. The mill village and town square area around it give Roswell a texture most north metro cities cannot match. That texture is part of what 1,093 FMLS closings in Roswell, Fulton County paid for in the year ending September 2026.
Roswell Mill and the Vickery Creek trail network put waterfall views and wooded hiking minutes from downtown. The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area units add boat ramps, trails, and picnic meadows, and the Big Creek Greenway connects on the east side toward Alpharetta.
If you like Roswell, also look at
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$759K median · 24 days
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$1.4M median · 28 days
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$515K median · 20 days
Sandy Springs
$658K median · 24 days
Medians and days on market: trailing 12 months. Data last updated: September 2026. Source: FMLS closed sales, compiled by the Terence Richardson Group.
Questions people ask
Roswell questions, answered
Is Roswell a good place to live?
1,093 FMLS closings in the year ending September 2026, at a median of just 19 days on market, say buyers keep voting yes on Roswell, Fulton County. The draws: the Canton Street historic district, the Chattahoochee river parks and Vickery Creek trails, and 1980s-90s housing at a discount to Alpharetta. The tradeoffs: no rail transit, river-crossing traffic at rush hour, and almost no new construction. It fits buyers who want character and trails and can live with an older house.
What is the median home price in Roswell?
$690,000 is the median home price in Roswell, Fulton County, GA for the 12 months ending September 2026, per FMLS closed sales compiled by the Terence Richardson Group. The middle half of sales ran $515,000 to $900,000, and sellers averaged 97% of list. Buyers should price offers off the renovated comp, not the tired one.
How far is Roswell from downtown Atlanta?
About 22 miles north. Driving from Roswell to downtown Atlanta takes roughly 35 to 60 minutes depending on traffic, via GA 400 or Roswell Road. There is no rail in the city; North Springs in Sandy Springs is the closest MARTA stop.
What are homes like in Roswell?
About 54% of recent Roswell sales were built in the 1980s and 90s, per FMLS closings for the year ending September 2026: brick traditionals and swim-tennis subdivision homes on established lots. The middle half ran 1,891 to 3,471 square feet, priced $515,000 to $900,000. New construction is essentially absent, so renovation quality separates the market's winners from its sitters.
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