Brookhaven vs Chamblee

A side-by-side comparison of Brookhaven and Chamblee: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookhaven and Chamblee are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brookhaven has the higher population (57,224 vs 30,369 in Chamblee). Brookhaven has the higher median household income ($117,448 vs $81,774 in Chamblee). Brookhaven has the higher median home value ($660,300 vs $407,900 in Chamblee).

Population, income & housing

	Brookhaven	Chamblee
Population	57,224	30,369
Median age	34.7 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$117,448	$81,774
Median home value	$660,300	$407,900
Median gross rent	$1,789	$1,775
Housing units	27,754	13,267
Homeownership rate	53.4%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.7%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookhaven	Chamblee
Population	53,819 → 57,224 (+6.3%)	29,232 → 30,369 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$92,604 → $117,448 (+26.8%)	$61,797 → $81,774 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$484,400 → $660,300 (+36.3%)	$283,300 → $407,900 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,415 → $1,789 (+26.4%)	$1,292 → $1,775 (+37.4%)

Brookhaven

Population

53,81957,224

Median household income

$92,604$117,448

Median home value

$484,400$660,300

Median gross rent

$1,415$1,789

Chamblee

Population

29,23230,369

Median household income

$61,797$81,774

Median home value

$283,300$407,900

Median gross rent

$1,292$1,775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookhaven	Chamblee
Under 5	7.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	20.4%	20.4%
35 to 44	15.8%	17.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	7.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	6.2%
75 and over	4.2%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookhaven	Chamblee
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	32.6%
Black or African American	13.6%	15.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	7.1%	9.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	38.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookhaven	Chamblee
No high school diploma	8.2%	21.4%
High school graduate	8.1%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	15.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	31.5%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookhaven	Chamblee
Drove alone	58.7%	53.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	18.4%
Public transit	4.2%	6.4%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	27.4%	19.1%
Other means	1.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookhaven	Chamblee
1-unit, detached	40.4%	34.9%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	20.5%
20 or more units	28.0%	27.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Brookhaven	Chamblee
Poverty rate	10.2%	18.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1992	1981