Chamblee vs Decatur

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

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

Chamblee has the higher population (30,369 vs 24,470 in Decatur). Decatur has the higher median household income ($140,480 vs $81,774 in Chamblee). Decatur has the higher median home value ($655,900 vs $407,900 in Chamblee).

Population, income & housing

	Chamblee	Decatur
Population	30,369	24,470
Median age	33.6 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,774	$140,480
Median home value	$407,900	$655,900
Median gross rent	$1,775	$1,716
Housing units	13,267	10,475
Homeownership rate	39.3%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	77.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chamblee	Decatur
Population	29,232 → 30,369 (+3.9%)	24,002 → 24,470 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$61,797 → $81,774 (+32.3%)	$106,088 → $140,480 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$283,300 → $407,900 (+44.0%)	$521,900 → $655,900 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,292 → $1,775 (+37.4%)	$1,015 → $1,716 (+69.1%)

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

Decatur

Population

24,00224,470

Median household income

$106,088$140,480

Median home value

$521,900$655,900

Median gross rent

$1,015$1,716

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chamblee	Decatur
Under 5	8.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	22.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	20.4%	9.0%
35 to 44	17.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	17.0%
55 to 64	7.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.2%	8.1%
75 and over	3.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chamblee	Decatur
White (non-Hispanic)	32.6%	65.2%
Black or African American	15.8%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	9.6%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	38.9%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chamblee	Decatur
No high school diploma	21.4%	4.0%
High school graduate	16.3%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	11.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	43.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chamblee	Decatur
Drove alone	53.8%	50.8%
Carpooled	18.4%	2.9%
Public transit	6.4%	4.2%
Walked	1.1%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.3%
Worked from home	19.1%	34.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chamblee	Decatur
1-unit, detached	34.9%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	20.5%	7.3%
20 or more units	27.0%	27.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Chamblee	Decatur
Poverty rate	18.3%	5.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1981	1975