Chamblee vs North Decatur

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

Chamblee and North 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 18,460 in North Decatur). North Decatur has the higher median household income ($110,366 vs $81,774 in Chamblee). North Decatur has the higher median home value ($459,000 vs $407,900 in Chamblee).

Population, income & housing

	Chamblee	North Decatur
Population	30,369	18,460
Median age	33.6 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,774	$110,366
Median home value	$407,900	$459,000
Median gross rent	$1,775	$1,750
Housing units	13,267	9,575
Homeownership rate	39.3%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	74.1%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chamblee	North Decatur
Population	29,232 → 30,369 (+3.9%)	16,701 → 18,460 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$61,797 → $81,774 (+32.3%)	$79,449 → $110,366 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$283,300 → $407,900 (+44.0%)	$295,800 → $459,000 (+55.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,292 → $1,775 (+37.4%)	$1,205 → $1,750 (+45.2%)

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

North Decatur

Population

16,70118,460

Median household income

$79,449$110,366

Median home value

$295,800$459,000

Median gross rent

$1,205$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chamblee	North Decatur
Under 5	8.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	20.4%	18.2%
35 to 44	17.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	7.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.2%	10.4%
75 and over	3.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chamblee	North Decatur
White (non-Hispanic)	32.6%	58.9%
Black or African American	15.8%	15.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	9.6%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	38.9%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chamblee	North Decatur
No high school diploma	21.4%	2.4%
High school graduate	16.3%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	40.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chamblee	North Decatur
Drove alone	53.8%	59.3%
Carpooled	18.4%	9.1%
Public transit	6.4%	4.2%
Walked	1.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	19.1%	22.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chamblee	North Decatur
1-unit, detached	34.9%	46.4%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	20.5%	15.1%
20 or more units	27.0%	25.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Chamblee	North Decatur
Poverty rate	18.3%	9.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1981	1974