Best PlacesNorth Druid Hills, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around North Druid Hills, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
North Druid Hills ranks 5,418th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in North Druid Hills
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
North Druid Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where North Druid Hills ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
Where North Druid Hills ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in North Druid Hills
A household needs to earn about $148,000 a year to comfortably buy the median North Druid Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $114,613, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses North Druid Hills' effective rate of 0.89%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in North Druid Hills
North Druid Hills runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for North Druid Hills.
Who works in North Druid Hills, and how
Work in North Druid Hills centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in North Druid Hills
North Druid Hills has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns and more parkland per resident than 80% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of North Druid Hills and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in North Druid Hills, month by month
North Druid Hills sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 32° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of North Druid Hills
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 14 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 51.5 million passengers in 2025, with 278 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around North Druid Hills
Schools across North Druid Hills average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Museum School Avondale EstatesB · 46% proficient
- Briar Vista Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Kipp Ways Primary Charter SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kittredge Magnet SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- David T Howard Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- The Champion Middle Theme SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Midtown High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Elizabeth Andrews High SchoolF · 7% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every North Druid Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
North Druid Hills measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare North Druid Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in North Druid Hills
Is North Druid Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, North Druid Hills ranks 5,418th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, an educated workforce, and transit, and lowest on noise and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is North Druid Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $558,488. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $114,613 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is North Druid Hills safe?
North Druid Hills is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $548 per resident a year.
Compare North Druid Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to North Druid Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in North Druid Hills represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
North Druid Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for North Druid Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in North Druid Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of North Druid Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in North Druid Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
North Druid Hills detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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