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Avondale Estates, Georgia

Avondale Estates is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area. It has 3,530 residents. Avondale Estates, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 57 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #6,789 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #47 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on bachelor's degree or higher (high), new business applications (high) and new homes permitted (high). It ranks worst on property crime rate (high), time spent in the emergency room (high) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high).

57Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #6,789 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #47 of 386 in GA
Population: 3,530 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,885.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 1304644

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety4#14,982/15,637
Economy94#980/15,631
Housing22#11,753/14,977
Health86#2,253/15,609
Healthcare55#7,031/15,650
Environment41#9,094/15,453
Education55#7,039/15,649
Infrastructure85#2,315/15,650
Community32#10,610/15,651
Leisure & amenities69#4,796/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Avondale Estates, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “DeKalb County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Bachelor's degree or higher · high78.7%
99/100Georgia 35.0%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
New business applications · high27.0 /1k
96/100Georgia 22.5 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauDeKalb County value
New homes permitted · high18.7 /1k
95/100Georgia 5.5 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Unemployment rate · low0.9%
93/100Georgia 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Physical inactivity · low16.0%
92/100Georgia 30.5%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult obesity · low25.8%
92/100Georgia 39.1%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Property crime rate · high3,116 /100k
2/100Georgia 1,409 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationDeKalb County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high248 min
3/100Georgia 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDeKalb County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.5 µg/m³
4/100Georgia 9.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDeKalb County value
Homicide rate · high12.6 /100k
5/100Georgia 7.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataDeKalb County value
Violent crime rate · high598 /100k
5/100Georgia 297 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationDeKalb County value
Mammography screening · low38.0%
13/100Georgia 44.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDeKalb County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
3,144 (2015-2019) → 3,530 (2020-2024)
+12%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
0.9 /1k (2021) → 18.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+2,078%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
32.7% (2015-2019) → 63.5% (2020-2024)
+31 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
24.4% (2015-2019) → 37.6% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.4× (2015-2019) → 4.5× (2020-2024)
+33%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Public transit commutersWorsening
5.5% (2015-2019) → 0.4% (2020-2024)
−5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Avondale Estates, Georgia improved on 0 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined3

Rent burden+31 points32.7% → 63.5%
Rent / income+13 points24.4% → 37.6%
Price / income+1.1×3.4× → 4.5×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Avondale Estates, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	33.1 min2015-2019	30.0 min2020-2024	−3.0 min	Within the margin of error	79%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.2%2015-2019	78.7%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Broadband subscriptions	93.4%2015-2019	95.4%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Effective property tax rate	1.21%2015-2019	1.28%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	8%
High school diploma or higher	98.7%2015-2019	99.0%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	4.5×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	19%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4542015-2019	0.4542020-2024	+0.001	Within the margin of error	50%
Median household income	$110,0002015-2019	$123,7952020-2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	20%
Poverty rate	3.4%2015-2019	6.3%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Rent as share of income	24.4%2015-2019	37.6%2020-2024	+13 points	Declined	6%
Rent-burdened households	32.7%2015-2019	63.5%2020-2024	+31 points	Declined	3%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.8%2015-2019	8.1%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	31%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Avondale Estates, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Avondale Estates, Georgia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Avondale Estates, Georgia itself moved −16.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,530 residents (±19)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,651 households (±147)

Avondale Estates, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k7.9%†130
$25k–50k13%†217
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,651 households (±147)

Avondale Estates, Georgia
Georgia share

Own82%1,347
Rent18%†304

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,858 workers (±196)

Avondale Estates, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone50%932
Carpool9.8%†183
Public transit0.4%†8

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of DeKalb County, the county holding most of Avondale Estates's residents.

DeKalb County has 18,258 employer establishments, 238 for every 10,000 residents (0.96× the US rate of 248; 1.01× Georgia's), with 298,747 paid employees at an average annual pay of $69,127. The Census Bureau also counts 100,237 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 18,258; 100,237 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 238; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 298,747
Average annual pay: $69,127; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of DeKalb County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,766	23	1.10×About typical	21,922	$75,620	5,226
Restaurants and other eating places	1,466	19.1	1.04×About typical	24,866	$23,836	702
Lessors of real estate	1,207	15.7	1.28×More than typical	4,707	$69,742	6,551
Management, scientific and technical consulting	826	10.7	1.60×More than typical	5,028	$109,889	4,450
Limited-service restaurants	692	9	1.12×About typical	11,502	$20,651	227
Legal services	664	8.6	1.61×More than typical	2,831	$89,342	1,057
Offices of other health practitioners	604	7.9	1.29×More than typical	2,472	$47,990	2,002
Full-service restaurants	588	7.7	1.00×About typical	11,012	$27,390	323
Real estate agents and brokers	530	6.9	1.42×More than typical	768	$74,043	1,885
Specialty trade contractors	516	6.7	0.43×Fewer than typical	6,507	$73,789	4,486
Offices of physicians	494	6.4	0.99×About typical	8,342	$104,228	891
Computer systems design and related services	480	6.2	1.44×More than typical	10,405	$98,383	938

Rank places for an industry Open DeKalb County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 768,424 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $27.2M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Avondale Estates, Georgia: $7,709 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $27.2M; +5.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,709; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 95%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Marshals Service$25.1M92%
Federal Acquisition Service$2.1M7.6%
Environmental Protection Agency$154.5K0.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs$44.3K0.2%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

19.3MFY2017
18.6MFY2018
19.1MFY2019
12.9MFY2020
13.1MFY2021
30.6MFY2022
23.3MFY2023
32.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Justice, public order, and safety activities · 9221$25M92%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$1.5M5.4%
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing · 3341$597.1K2.2%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$154.5K0.6%
Other miscellaneous manufacturing · 3399$76.9K0.3%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Avondale Estates, Georgia

DETENTION SERVICES$568.1M
THE GEO GROUP, INC.· DeKalb County, GA· Professional services· Oct 27, 2016 – Sep 28, 2026· DJJODT8C0005
AKAMAI SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE$2.2M
FCN, INC.· DeKalb County, GA· IT & telecom· Jan 20, 2026 – Jan 20, 2026· 47QACA26F0075
DES CONTRACT - NEW TASK ORDER- THIS IS A REQUEST TO INITIATE A NEW TASK ORDER TO PROVIDE RD SUPPORT DURING RA AT LCP CHEMICALS OU2$1M
HYDROGEOLOGIC, INC.· DeKalb County, GA· Professional services· Mar 24, 2021 – Sep 23, 2026· 68HE0421F0036
MICROSOFT UNIFIED RENEWAL OPTION 1

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Avondale Estates, Georgia, so they do not add up across cities.

Avondale Estates, Georgia's figures are part of those of DeKalb County, GA ($1.7B in FY2026), never added to them: 1.6% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Avondale Estates is mostly in DeKalb County.

See federal money in DeKalb County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Avondale Estates, Georgia is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

DeKalb County55100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA57

Other cities and towns in DeKalb County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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