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A town of 14,181.
Belvedere Park is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 120th among Georgia's 258 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 60% of the country. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $297K, 3.3 years of the Atlanta metro’s $90K median household income. Only 11 of Georgia’s 371 towns score higher on walkability.
Where Belvedere Park beats most towns.
Where Belvedere Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Belvedere Park is from typical.
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Census counts: 17,766 in 1980, 15,113 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 5 maps from 1954 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Belvedere Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaMercedes-Benz Stadium
Big draw8 mi MountainStone Mountain
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaState Farm Arena
8 mi Zoo & aquariumGeorgia Aquarium
Big draw17 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Georgia
16 mi Stadium & arenaTruist ParkMercedes-Benz Stadium: Atlanta Falcons, CC BY 3.0 · Stone Mountain: KyleAndMelissa22, Public domain · State Farm Arena: Hermann Luyken, CC0 · Georgia Aquarium: Diliff, CC BY 2.5 · Six Flags Over Georgia: hagerman, CC BY 2.0 · Truist Park: Thechased at English Wikipedia, CC BY 4.0
Belvedere Park is unincorporated, so DeKalb County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Belvedere Park.
Belvedere Park is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has an unusually large share working from home, but it has many renters stretched by housing costs.
Its public schools are run by the DeKalb County school district. Three of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Towers High School, with 876 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peachcrest Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 729 | D− |
| Towers High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 876 | D |
| Wadsworth Magnet School for High AchieversTop results in townGrades 4–8 | Grades 4–8 | 273 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
30.7% of workers work from home, against 15.9% across Georgia.
Most working residents leave Belvedere Park for work: only 1% work in town. At 30 minutes, Belvedere Park’s average trip to work is above both Georgia’s towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, Belvedere Park has added 292 jobs, to 2,378 in 2023.
| Belvedere Park | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 9.2% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities. Since 1989, 37 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Belvedere Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Belvedere Park has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. At 90°F, Belvedere Park’s July high is where Georgia’s towns sit at 90°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Children under 18 are 16% of residents (23% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 28% of residents (23% statewide). 39% of Belvedere Park adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Belvedere Park | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 16% | 24% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 25% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 15% | 18% |
| Median age | 37.3 years | 36.5 years | 40.5 years |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.1 points. Across Georgia, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Belvedere Park | GA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.3% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.7% | 11.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.3% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 24% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.5% | 13.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.7% | 12.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.9% | 12.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.2% | 9.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.5% | 5.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.3% | 10.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.7% | 26.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.7% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 3.7% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.7% | 21.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19% | 13.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Against the 10,016 U.S. towns with household incomes like Belvedere Park’s, it is healthier than 81%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
18% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Belvedere Park. Belvedere Park beats the Georgia average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 12% of adults report frequent physical distress in Belvedere Park.
| Belvedere Park | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 29% | 25% |
| What stands out | Belvedere Park | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.3% | 7% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5% | 6.1% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 12.2% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The trail density in Belvedere Park is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Belvedere Park | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.7% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Belvedere Park | — | 19 |
| 2. Delano Line Park | — | 8 |
| 3. Meadowdale Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
66.5% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 52.4% across Georgia.
Belvedere Park’s median rent is $1,534 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
26 within 15 miles of the center of Belvedere Park
About 6 of every 100 Belvedere Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Georgia.
Place in Georgia, United States
Belvedere Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 15,113 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Belvedere Park.
Decatur next door grades higher for schools (A+ to Belvedere Park’s C−) and lower for cost of living (D− to C).
| Town | GA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belvedere Park | #120 | C | C | — | C− | B |
| Decatur | #17 | A− | D− | C | A+ | A+ |
| Atlanta | #151 | C− | D | D | C+ | A− |
| Candler-McAfee | #155 | C− | C+ | — | C− | C+ |
| Avondale Estates | #59 | B | D | — | C− | A |
Belvedere Park, Candler-McAfee and Avondale Estates report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Belvedere Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Belvedere Park grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #120 of 258 in Georgia. It grades B for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
The typical home is worth about $297,000, 10% below the Georgia typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
