Photo: Nrbelex at nl.en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 2.5Household incomes in Druid Hills top those of 91% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 9.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 22.2 in Atlanta. Below the poverty line: 9.3% of residents, against 13.4% across Georgia. Druid Hills grades A for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Druid Hills, in brief
Nearly half of Druid Hills works in Atlanta
1,940 working residents, 49%, have their main job in Atlanta, 5.6 miles away across the town line. That’s 25 times as many as work in Druid Hills itself. The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Druid Hills is services
95% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 1% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Most Druid Hills residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
A lot of Druid Hills works from home
25% of Druid Hills workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Time on the road ↓
Druid Hills has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Druid Hills went from 1,637 in 2014 to 2,268 in 2024, +39%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Druid Hills: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Druid Hills is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #20 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Druid Hills could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
49% of working residents work in Atlanta
Where Druid Hills clocks in
49% of workers
6% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Services make up most of the work in Druid Hills
2,268 jobs are based in Druid Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Druid Hills, 2014 → 2024: 1,637 → 2,268. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Druid Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Druid Hills’ workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Commuting from Druid Hills: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Druid Hills workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,226 commuters (the 25% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The workday shuffle in and out of Druid Hills
On a workday 3,844 residents head out to work, 83 work right here, and 2,185 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Druid Hills on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Druid Hills is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Druid Hills is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns, #5 of 263 in Georgia. Both inputs place Druid Hills near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,311 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 37% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 9.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Druid Hills households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Druid Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Druid Hills next to U.S. towns of 5,700 to 11,000: 566th of 3,007 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Tyrone GA | 8,091 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 154 | Senoia GA | 6,276 | $125K | 1.1% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 416 | Temple GA | 6,564 | $91K | 2.6% | 1.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 564 | Newbury Township IN | 5,929 | $89K | 4.2% | 0.7% | 30% | A |
| 565 | Greenwich Township NJ | 5,726 | $169K | 3.0% | 4.8% | 3% | A |
| 566 | Druid Hills GA | 8,169 | $130K | 9.3% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| 567 | Epping NH | 7,973 | $104K | 4.7% | 2.2% | 8% | A |
| 568 | Southgate FL | 5,772 | $80K | 4.8% | 2.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,007 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Druid Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Next door is work for 52% of Druid Hills
The biggest share goes to Atlanta (49%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Druid Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Druid Hills | – | A | A+ | 25 min | $130,139 |
| Atlanta | 49% | B− | A+ | 27 min | $85,652 |
| Decatur | 2% | A | A+ | 26 min | $139,397 |
| North Druid Hills | 1% | A | A+ | 23 min | $102,742 |
| North Decatur | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 25 min | $110,871 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Druid Hills’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Druid Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Druid Hills?
$130,139 (±$19,862) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Druid Hills?
9.3%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Druid Hills?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Druid Hills work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (49%, 6 mi), Sandy Springs (6%, 10 mi), Brookhaven (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Druid Hills walkable?
Druid Hills is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 11.9 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Druid Hills without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 37% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Druid Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Druid Hills
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.