Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,935.
Gresham Park is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 166th of 258 graded towns in Georgia, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $71K. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $249K for a typical one and 2.8 times the Atlanta metro’s $90K median household income. Gresham Park is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. Among 263 Georgia towns, just 7 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Gresham Park. The biggest park or preserve is Gresham Park, at 181 acres.
Where Gresham Park beats most towns.
Where Gresham 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 Gresham Park is from typical.
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Census counts: 6,232 in 1980, 7,700 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2017 and 5 maps from 1954 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Gresham Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaMercedes-Benz Stadium
Big draw12 mi MountainStone Mountain
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaState Farm Arena
6 mi Zoo & aquariumGeorgia Aquarium
Big draw14 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Georgia
5 mi Stadium & arenaCenter Parc StadiumMercedes-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 · Center Parc Stadium: Southernkeith, CC BY-SA 4.0
Gresham 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 Gresham Park.
Gresham Park has homes that are cheap against local pay and has more 90° days than most of the country, though not than most of Georgia.
Its public schools are run by the DeKalb County school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is McNair High School, with 779 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson's Learning Center PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–K | Grades PK–K | 153 | – |
| McNair High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 779 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Gresham Park for work: only 1% work in town. 20% of residents live below the poverty line in Gresham Park, where Georgia’s towns sit at 15% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Jobs based in Gresham Park grew to 1,429 in 2023, 257 more than in 2013.
| Gresham Park | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 2.8 years of the Atlanta metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home (about $249K) costs less against local pay than in 78% of Georgia towns; that ratio is one input to its C for cost of living. The typical value, about $249K, is 21% below its July 2022 peak.
At $1,542 a month, Gresham Park’s median rent is above both the Georgia town median ($1,152 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Typical home values fell 6.4% in the year to September 2026.
| Gresham Park | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,542 a month | $1,152 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 66% | 58% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities. Since 2004, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Gresham Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Atlanta Hartsfield Intl Ap weather station, 9 miles away, records that about 47 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 76% of Georgia places with climate records.
Gresham Park has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Gresham Park is 90°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
People 65 and older are 22% of residents (15% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (23% statewide). 38% of Gresham Park adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Gresham Park | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 14% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 24% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 25% | 29% |
| Median age | 40.3 years | 36.5 years | 40.5 years |
Somewhere between 38% and 58% women
The Census survey reached too few of Gresham Park’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±10.2 points. Across Georgia, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Gresham Park | GA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.4% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.8% | 11.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.4% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.7% | 13.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.6% | 12.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.6% | 12.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.8% | 9.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.6% | 5.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 13.3% | 10.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.1% | 26.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.5% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.8% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.7% | 21.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.6% | 13.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Gresham Park beats the Georgia average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 42% of adults feel lonely in Gresham Park.
| Gresham Park | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Gresham Park | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.9% | 7% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 22% | 24.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 13.6% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gresham Park | — | 181 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
25 within 15 miles of the center of Gresham Park
About 1 of every 100 Gresham Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
Place in Georgia, United States
Gresham Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 7,700 at the 2020 census.
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2 towns share a border with Gresham Park.
| Town | GA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gresham Park | #166 | C− | C | — | C− | C+ |
| Panthersville | #162 | C− | B− | — | C− | C− |
| Atlanta | #151 | C− | D | D | C+ | A− |
Gresham Park and Panthersville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Gresham Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Gresham Park grades C− overall, better than 18% of U.S. towns and #166 of 258 in Georgia. It grades C+ for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
