Austell

The City of Austell has a friendly, small-town atmosphere which invites residential, commercial, and industrial growth. Its residents enjoy the benefits of low property taxes, convenient services, and excellent customer service while businesses enjoy a low occupational business tax structure. Both residents and businesses benefit from easy access to Interstate 20 and Interstate 285 as well as three major thoroughfares – C.H. James Parkway, Veterans Memorial Highway, and Austell-Powder Springs Road. Population in the City continues to grow and today there are approximately 6,500 residents who call the City of Austell home.  Though population growth is slowing across Cobb County, Austell continues to experience some of the largest population growth in the County. Austell is also the home of the Norfolk-Southern Railway John Whitaker Intermodal Facility – the largest intermodal facility east of the Mississippi River.