ScottdaleGA
A town of 10,542, settled in 1900.
Is Scottdale a good place to live?
Scottdale grades C+ overall, ranked 91st of 258 in Georgia, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Residents are healthier than 82% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and it is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. On the other side, its public schools trail 83% of Georgia towns on state tests and graduation. 53% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Scottdale, against 25% in Georgia’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns.
What makes Scottdale stand out
Where Scottdale beats most towns.
How Scottdale grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Scottdale is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Mercedes-Benz Stadium and 71 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Scottdale. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaMercedes-Benz Stadium
Big draw7 mi MountainStone Mountain
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaState Farm Arena
8 mi Zoo & aquariumGeorgia Aquarium
Big draw17 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Georgia
13 mi Stadium & arenaTruist ParkPhoto credits
Mercedes-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
Moving to Scottdale: who provides what
Scottdale 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Scottdale.
Scottdale has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Georgia; it also has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Scottdale earns a C− for schools
Its public schools are run by the DeKalb County school district. One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| McLendon Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 342 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
Scottdale earns an A− for health
11% of adults report frequent physical distress in Scottdale. Scottdale beats the Georgia average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 39% of adults feel lonely in Scottdale.
| Scottdale | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 29% | 25% |
| What stands out | Scottdale | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4% | 6.1% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.6% | 6.5% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 73.4% | 77.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Scottdale
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities. Since 1992, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Scottdale.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Scottdale has mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 89°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 82% of Georgia places with climate records; January nights average 33.1°.
Scottdale has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Scottdale’s January low is 33°F. About 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Scottdale | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 33°F | 33°F | 22°F |
| July high | 89°F | 90°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Scottdale’s working residents commute to Atlanta
Jobs based here fell from 4,330 in 2013 to 3,361.
Most working residents leave Scottdale for work: only 1% work in town. 20% of Scottdale workers work from home. Since 2013, Scottdale has lost 969 jobs, to 3,361 in 2023.
| Scottdale | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 20% | 9.2% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 9.2% | 8% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Conserved land covers 3.2% of Scottdale
0.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Scottdale is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Scottdale | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.2% | 2.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Needham Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A typical Scottdale home is worth about $323K
The typical Scottdale home is worth about $323,000, down 1.7% in a year, close to the Georgia typical home.
| Scottdale | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 52% | 58% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,583 a month | $1,152 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Scottdale
Colleges nearby
26 within 15 miles of the center of Scottdale
About 4 of every 100 Scottdale residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
About Scottdale
Place in Georgia, United States
Scottdale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 10,698 in 2020. Located approximately 7 miles east of Downtown Atlanta it is part of the city’s metropolitan area.
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- Area
- 3.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,030 ft
- ZIP code
- 30079
- Area code
- 404
Scottdale’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Scottdale.
Decatur next door grades higher for schools (A+ to Scottdale’s C−) and lower for cost of living (D− to C−).
| Town | GA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottdale | #91 | C+ | C− | — | C− | A− |
| Clarkston | #243 | D− | C− | D | C− | C− |
| Decatur | #17 | A− | D− | C | A+ | A+ |
| North Decatur | #88 | C+ | D | — | C− | A+ |
| Avondale Estates | #59 | B | D | — | C− | A |
Scottdale, North Decatur and Avondale Estates report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Scottdale with a neighbor →
Questions about Scottdale
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Scottdale, GA a good place to live?
Scottdale grades C+ overall, better than 42% of U.S. towns and #91 of 258 in Georgia. It grades A− for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Scottdale, GA expensive?
Yes. That is 3.6 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 C−.