Druid Hills vs Scottdale

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

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

Scottdale has the higher population (10,398 vs 8,278 in Druid Hills). Druid Hills has the higher median household income ($140,466 vs $82,778 in Scottdale). Druid Hills has the higher median home value ($790,900 vs $319,400 in Scottdale).

Population, income & housing

	Druid Hills	Scottdale
Population	8,278	10,398
Median age	37.9 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$140,466	$82,778
Median home value	$790,900	$319,400
Median gross rent	$2,012	$1,460
Housing units	3,893	4,514
Homeownership rate	59.2%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.9%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Druid Hills	Scottdale
Population	8,365 → 8,278 (-1.0%)	11,568 → 10,398 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$129,740 → $140,466 (+8.3%)	$56,832 → $82,778 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$645,600 → $790,900 (+22.5%)	$197,000 → $319,400 (+62.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,475 → $2,012 (+36.4%)	$1,123 → $1,460 (+30.0%)

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

Scottdale

Population

11,56810,398

Median household income

$56,832$82,778

Median home value

$197,000$319,400

Median gross rent

$1,123$1,460

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Druid Hills	Scottdale
Under 5	4.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	10.2%	22.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	23.4%	17.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	5.5%
75 and over	7.4%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Druid Hills	Scottdale
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	31.9%
Black or African American	3.5%	25.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.0%	17.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Druid Hills	Scottdale
No high school diploma	1.3%	10.6%
High school graduate	5.0%	12.1%
Some college or associate's	8.7%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	38.3%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	46.6%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Druid Hills	Scottdale
Drove alone	60.3%	63.7%
Carpooled	3.5%	8.1%
Public transit	1.2%	3.8%
Walked	6.7%	3.0%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	26.5%	18.3%
Other means	0.4%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Druid Hills	Scottdale
1-unit, detached	53.2%	49.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	20.7%
20 or more units	23.5%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Druid Hills	Scottdale
Poverty rate	9.7%	9.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1964	1984