ScottdaleGA
A town of 10,542, settled in 1900.
Is Scottdale a good place to live?
A town of contrasts. The weak point is schools (C−): its public schools trail 83% of Georgia towns on state tests and graduation. It also trails on cost of living (C−): the typical home is worth about $323K, 3.6 years of the Atlanta metro’s $90K median household income. Where it does best is walkability (A): it is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. All told, that adds up to a C+ overall and a rank of 91st of 258 in Georgia. Nationally, it does better than just over two fifths of U.S. towns. 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.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24.
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
One of its 3 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the DeKalb County school district. Public school enrollment in Scottdale: 649 students across 2 schools.
| 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 is healthier than 82% of U.S. towns
In Scottdale, 11% of adults report frequent physical distress, and 39% feel lonely. CDC measures, 32 in all: Scottdale beats Georgia on 13 and trails on 1. Among adults locally, 21% get no exercise outside work.
| Scottdale | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 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
Natural hazards: very low risk in Scottdale, mostly inland flooding
55% of Scottdale’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by earthquakes at 14%. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage here than in just over four fifths of U.S. communities. The national flood insurance program has paid 8 claims locally since 1992.
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°.
About 2 inches of snow falls in a winter. Also worth knowing: for Scottdale, the midsummer high is 89°F.
| 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.
In Scottdale, the middle household income is $86,000. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Scottdale dropped by 969, to 3,361. For workers locally, the share who work remotely from home is 20%.
| 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
Protected land: 3.2% of Scottdale
There are 0.2 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve. Scottdale’s concentration of trails comes in at 0.1 miles per square mile. It has one park or preserve, 3 acres in all.
| 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
Scottdale earns a C− for cost of living
52% of households are owner-occupiers in Scottdale. The typical Scottdale home is worth about $323,000, down 1.7% in a year, close to the Georgia typical home. Its rent at the middle of the market stands at $1,583 a month.
| 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
Census ACS, 2020–24 · 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. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.