Flower Mound vs Johns Creek
The short version
- Johns Creek is cheaper overall: prices in its metro run 3% lower than in the Flower Mound area (BEA 2024).
- The median home costs $560,200 in Flower Mound and $629,400 in Johns Creek.
- Flower Mound has the warmer winter: January highs of 57°F vs 52°F.
- Flower Mound has more scorching days: 106 a year at 90°F or hotter vs 53.
- Flower Mound is growing faster: +4.7% since 2020 vs -2.5%.
- Commutes are shorter in Flower Mound (26 vs 30 minutes each way).
- Texas has no state income tax on wages; Georgia's top rate is 5.19%.
Side by side
| Flower Mound, TX | Johns Creek, GA | |
|---|---|---|
| People | ||
| Population (2025) | 79,540 | 80,401 |
| Growth since 2020 | +4.7% | -2.5% |
| People per square mile | 1,896 | 2,609 |
| Median age | 43.5 | 43.3 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 66% | 73% |
| Money and housing | ||
| Median household income | $161,235 | $160,093 |
| Median home value | $560,200 | $629,400 |
| Home value to income | 3.5× | 3.9× |
| Median rent (with utilities) | $2,231 | $2,257 |
| Metro price level (US = 100) | 103.1 | 100.1 |
| Housing price level (US = 100) | 117.9 | 111.0 |
| $75,000 elsewhere equals | $77,300 | $75,000 |
| Homeowners | 83% | 80% |
| Top state income tax | None | 5.19% |
| Combined sales tax | 8.2% | 7.56% |
| Work and commute | ||
| Average commute (minutes) | 26.0 | 30.1 |
| Work from home | 29% | 38% |
| Take public transit | 0% | 0% |
| Unemployment (2020-24 avg) | 3.4% | 4.1% |
| Poverty rate | 4.3% | 4.2% |
| Weather | ||
| January high / low | 57° / 36° | 52° / 33° |
| July high / low | 96° / 76° | 89° / 70° |
| Precipitation per year | 37 in | 51 in |
| Snowfall per year | 2 in | 1 in |
| Days 90°F or hotter | 106 | 53 |
| Nights below freezing | 29 | 49 |
| Comfortable months | 4 | 4 |
| Risks, air and home prices | ||
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA, county) | Relatively High | Relatively High |
| FEMA risk score (lower is safer) | 96.9 | 95.8 |
| Good air days, 2025 | 28% | 41% |
| Home prices, past year | +0.5% | +1% |
| Home prices, past 5 years | +35.4% | +42.7% |
Highlighted cells are the better value where "better" is clear (lower prices, higher income, shorter commutes). Sources: Census Bureau 2025 estimates and ACS 2020-2024, BEA 2024, NOAA 1991-2020, Tax Foundation 2026.
Weather, month by month
Most comfortable months: Flower Mound: March to April and October to November. Johns Creek: April to May and September to October.
Full monthly tables: Flower Mound weather by month and Johns Creek weather by month.
What $75,000 is worth
A $75,000 salary in an average-priced US city buys about the same as $77,300 in Flower Mound and $75,000 in Johns Creek. Moving from Flower Mound to Johns Creek, you would need about $72,800 to match a $75,000 salary.
Moving between Flower Mound and Johns Creek
IRS county-to-county migration, 2022 to 2023 tax years, for the counties that contain each city. See where else people move from Flower Mound and Johns Creek.
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