Decatur vs North Druid Hills

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

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

Decatur has the higher population (24,470 vs 18,172 in North Druid Hills). Decatur has the higher median household income ($140,480 vs $95,612 in North Druid Hills). Decatur has the higher median home value ($655,900 vs $486,200 in North Druid Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	North Druid Hills
Population	24,470	18,172
Median age	39.6 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$140,480	$95,612
Median home value	$655,900	$486,200
Median gross rent	$1,716	$1,803
Housing units	10,475	9,787
Homeownership rate	66.1%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.3%	75.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	North Druid Hills
Population	24,002 → 24,470 (+1.9%)	18,002 → 18,172 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$106,088 → $140,480 (+32.4%)	$66,660 → $95,612 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$521,900 → $655,900 (+25.7%)	$366,800 → $486,200 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,015 → $1,716 (+69.1%)	$1,456 → $1,803 (+23.8%)

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

North Druid Hills

Population

18,00218,172

Median household income

$66,660$95,612

Median home value

$366,800$486,200

Median gross rent

$1,456$1,803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	North Druid Hills
Under 5	6.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	22.3%	8.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	13.3%
25 to 34	9.0%	25.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	17.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	7.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	5.3%
75 and over	6.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	North Druid Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	57.2%
Black or African American	12.5%	20.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	North Druid Hills
No high school diploma	4.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	7.5%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	11.2%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	43.5%	39.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	North Druid Hills
Drove alone	50.8%	58.5%
Carpooled	2.9%	5.3%
Public transit	4.2%	4.0%
Walked	5.5%	3.5%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	34.5%	26.3%
Other means	0.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	North Druid Hills
1-unit, detached	48.1%	26.7%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	30.6%
20 or more units	27.7%	26.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	North Druid Hills
Poverty rate	5.2%	12.9%
Average household size	2.57	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1975	1985