Doraville vs Druid Hills

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

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

Doraville has the higher population (10,738 vs 8,278 in Druid Hills). Druid Hills has the higher median household income ($140,466 vs $60,618 in Doraville). Druid Hills has the higher median home value ($790,900 vs $297,700 in Doraville).

Population, income & housing

	Doraville	Druid Hills
Population	10,738	8,278
Median age	35.2 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,618	$140,466
Median home value	$297,700	$790,900
Median gross rent	$1,661	$2,012
Housing units	3,877	3,893
Homeownership rate	56.9%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	84.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Doraville	Druid Hills
Population	10,228 → 10,738 (+5.0%)	8,365 → 8,278 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$51,647 → $60,618 (+17.4%)	$129,740 → $140,466 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$177,600 → $297,700 (+67.6%)	$645,600 → $790,900 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,178 → $1,661 (+41.0%)	$1,475 → $2,012 (+36.4%)

Doraville

Population

10,22810,738

Median household income

$51,647$60,618

Median home value

$177,600$297,700

Median gross rent

$1,178$1,661

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)

	Doraville	Druid Hills
Under 5	7.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	10.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	23.4%
35 to 44	15.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.1%
75 and over	2.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Doraville	Druid Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	19.7%	76.3%
Black or African American	8.3%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	21.1%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	49.6%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Doraville	Druid Hills
No high school diploma	26.9%	1.3%
High school graduate	30.3%	5.0%
Some college or associate's	12.6%	8.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	38.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	46.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Doraville	Druid Hills
Drove alone	55.3%	60.3%
Carpooled	25.3%	3.5%
Public transit	2.8%	1.2%
Walked	0.5%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	13.8%	26.5%
Other means	2.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Doraville	Druid Hills
1-unit, detached	61.1%	53.2%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	15.1%
20 or more units	7.4%	23.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Doraville	Druid Hills
Poverty rate	22.3%	9.7%
Average household size	2.95	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1972	1964