Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Chamblee grades D overall, 189th among Georgia's 258 graded towns, mostly because of safety and schools. Its police reported 140 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 94% of U.S. towns. Its public schools trail 83% of Georgia towns on state tests and graduation. In its favor, it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 97% of U.S. towns. Chamblee’s property crime rate is 31.8 per 1,000 residents, where Georgia’s towns sit at 14.5 and U.S. towns at 9.9. On cost of living, just 14 of Georgia’s 371 towns do worse. Chamblee has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Longview-Huntley Hills Historic District.
Where Chamblee beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
9,892 counted in 2010 and 30,164 in 2020; an estimated 32,334 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 7.2% since 2020, after 204.9% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Chamblee is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for safety (better than 6%), so the D overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 129 in 1910, 30,164 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 5 maps from 1954 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Chamblee. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaMercedes-Benz Stadium
Big draw10 mi MountainStone Mountain
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaState Farm Arena
10 mi Stadium & arenaTruist Park
10 mi Zoo & aquariumGeorgia Aquarium
Big draw16 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over GeorgiaMercedes-Benz Stadium: Atlanta Falcons, CC BY 3.0 · Stone Mountain: KyleAndMelissa22, Public domain · State Farm Arena: Hermann Luyken, CC0 · Truist Park: Thechased at English Wikipedia, CC BY 4.0 · Georgia Aquarium: Diliff, CC BY 2.5 · Six Flags Over Georgia: hagerman, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Chamblee, and how to reach them.
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 Chamblee.
Chamblee draws workers from Atlanta and beyond and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Georgia; it also reports property crime at about twice the Georgia rate.
Property crime runs at 31.8 per 1,000 residents, about twice the Georgia rate, most of it theft. Reported crimes fell from 1,488 to 1,187 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The violent crime rate in Chamblee is 4.3 per 1,000 residents. Chamblee reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 94% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the DeKalb County school district. Two of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Chamblee High School, with 1,867 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chamblee Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,018 | A |
| Chamblee High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,867 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
27,032 jobs are based in Chamblee, 2.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Chamblee for work: only 6% work in town. 21% of Chamblee workers work from home. Since 2013, Chamblee has added 4,524 jobs, to 27,032 in 2023.
| Chamblee | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 21% | 9.2% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.6% | 9.2% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The median property tax bill is $4,379, against $2,341 across Georgia, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Chamblee home is worth about $472,000, up 1.2% in a year, 43% above the Georgia typical home. Chamblee’s median rent is $1,859 a month.
| Chamblee | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 40% | 58% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,859 a month | $1,152 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 82% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 22 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Chamblee.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2.4 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Keswick Park, at 47 acres.
| Chamblee | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dresden Park | 0.9 mi | 22 |
| 2. Keswick Park | 0.3 mi | 47 |
| 3. Shallowford Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
July afternoons average 88.8°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 87% of Georgia places with climate records; January nights average 32.8°.
Chamblee has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Chamblee | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 33°F | 33°F | 22°F |
| July high | 89°F | 90°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Chamblee beats the Georgia average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 25% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Chamblee. Only 4 of the 261 Georgia towns we compare have a lower share of adults who had a checkup this year than Chamblee.
| Chamblee | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 79% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 38% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 33% |
| What stands out | Chamblee | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 15.8% | 24.6% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.5% | 7% |
| More uninsured adults | 24.8% | 13.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
28 within 15 miles of the center of Chamblee
About 6 of every 100 Chamblee residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Georgia.
Where Chamblee’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Chamblee on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Chamblee.
City in Georgia, United States
Chamblee ( SHAM-blee) is a city in northern DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, northeast of Atlanta. The population was 30,164 as of the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
3 towns share a border with Chamblee.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its D; Doraville (D) is closest.
| Town | GA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamblee | #189 | D | D | D | C− | B |
| Brookhaven | #119 | C | D− | C− | C− | A+ |
| Doraville | #187 | D | C− | D− | C− | B− |
| Dunwoody | #108 | C+ | D | C− | C− | A+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Chamblee grades D overall, better than 12% of U.S. towns and #189 of 258 in Georgia. It grades B for health, D for safety and C− for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. That is 5.3 years of the area's median household income ($89,724 across the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
3 notable people were born here, including Wendy Bagwell and Charlie Power.
