Avondale Estates vs Druid Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Avondale Estates and Druid Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Avondale Estates and Druid Hills are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Druid Hills has the higher population (8,278 vs 3,525 in Avondale Estates). Druid Hills has the higher median household income ($140,466 vs $118,929 in Avondale Estates). Druid Hills has the higher median home value ($790,900 vs $522,500 in Avondale Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale Estates	Druid Hills
Population	3,525	8,278
Median age	49.0 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$118,929	$140,466
Median home value	$522,500	$790,900
Median gross rent	$1,579	$2,012
Housing units	1,949	3,893
Homeownership rate	83.5%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.9%	84.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale Estates	Druid Hills
Population	3,144 → 3,525 (+12.1%)	8,365 → 8,278 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$110,000 → $118,929 (+8.1%)	$129,740 → $140,466 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$371,400 → $522,500 (+40.7%)	$645,600 → $790,900 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,259 → $1,579 (+25.4%)	$1,475 → $2,012 (+36.4%)

Avondale Estates

Population

3,1443,525

Median household income

$110,000$118,929

Median home value

$371,400$522,500

Median gross rent

$1,259$1,579

Druid Hills

Population

8,3658,278

Median household income

$129,740$140,466

Median home value

$645,600$790,900

Median gross rent

$1,475$2,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale Estates	Druid Hills
Under 5	4.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	10.2%
18 to 24	1.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	23.4%
35 to 44	9.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	16.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	16.8%
65 to 74	18.4%	10.1%
75 and over	10.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale Estates	Druid Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	76.3%
Black or African American	11.9%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.6%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale Estates	Druid Hills
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.3%
High school graduate	8.9%	5.0%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	8.7%
Bachelor's degree	38.9%	38.3%
Graduate or professional degree	35.9%	46.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale Estates	Druid Hills
Drove alone	56.5%	60.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	3.5%
Public transit	0.8%	1.2%
Walked	2.9%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	32.5%	26.5%
Other means	0.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale Estates	Druid Hills
1-unit, detached	56.4%	53.2%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	15.1%
20 or more units	13.9%	23.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Avondale Estates	Druid Hills
Poverty rate	5.2%	9.7%
Average household size	2.15	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1968	1964