A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Brookhaven$4,490/mo

Typical home $745K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.94% · or rent about $1,882/mo · Housing →

Chamblee$2,900/mo

Typical home $476K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.01% · or rent about $1,859/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,590 a month, about $19,100 a year, between Brookhaven and Chamblee.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Brookhaven places higher on 15 of 22 GA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Georgia ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

C−BrookhavenSafer than 22% of U.S. towns DChambleeSafer than 6% of U.S. towns

Schools

C−BrookhavenBetter than 19% of districts in the state C−ChambleeBetter than 19% of districts in the state

Health

A+BrookhavenHealthier than 97% of U.S. towns BChambleeHealthier than 57% of U.S. towns

15Brookhaven

5Chamblee

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fewest uninsuredHealth · 263 towns #57#254 Best schoolsSchools · 231 towns #184#83 Most trailsOutdoors · 162 towns #31#100 Most activeHealth · 263 towns #5#96 SafestSafety · 115 towns #68#99 Fewest smokersHealth · 263 towns #10#79 HealthiestHealth · 262 towns #11#75 Most conserved landOutdoors · 257 towns #68#129

Left end = #1 in Georgia. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Brookhaven’s rankings →

Where they are

Brookhaven and Chamblee share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

BrookhavenChamblee

Brookhaven ↔ Chamblee2.5 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

556 Brookhaven residents work in Chamblee (2.2% of its workers)

366 Chamblee residents work in Brookhaven (3.5% of its workers)

Work & commute in Brookhaven →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BrookhavenChamblee

Snow a year1″1″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)33rd 18th

Outdoors & history

BrookhavenChamblee

Trails11 mi 2 mi

Conserved land4.1%2%

Settled2012 1907

National Register places1 2

Archive photos—18

Famous people born here—4

Community

BrookhavenChamblee

Library hours a week46 hrs 49 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Georgia average

BrookhavenChamblee

People

Population 57,855Highest 30,895Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — +204.9% GA: +10.6%

Median age 34.1±0.7Highest 9% below GA 33.6±1.8Lowest 11% below GA

Brookhaven and Chamblee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 23%±2.1Highest GA: 23.2% 22.7%±2.9Lowest GA: 23.2%

Brookhaven and Chamblee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 10.5%±1.2Highest GA: 15% 9.2%±1.3Lowest GA: 15%

Brookhaven and Chamblee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 70.9%Highest GA: 34.9% 47.9%Lowest GA: 34.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.6%±0.9 GA: 6.4% 5.6%±1.6 GA: 6.4%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $117,663±$10kHighest 52% above GA $84,452±$8kLowest 9% above GA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $692,700±$24kHighest 128% above GA $432,800±$34kLowest 43% above GA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,882±$51Highest 35% above GA $1,859±$60Lowest 33% above GA

Brookhaven and Chamblee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,537Highest 179% above GA $4,379Lowest 87% above GA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 46.2%±4.9Lowest GA: 52.4% 51.1%±5.2Highest GA: 52.4%

Chamblee and Brookhaven are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 10.3%Lowest GA: 13.4% 18%Highest GA: 13.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 52.6%Highest GA: 65.7% 39.7%Lowest GA: 65.7%

Typical home builtmedian year 1994Highest 2 yrs newer than GA 1984Lowest 8 yrs older than GA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 11% below GA 25 minHighest 11% below GA

Work from home 29.5%±2.3Highest GA: 15.9% 20.6%±2.6Lowest GA: 15.9%

Work in townworking residents 5.3%Lowest 5.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 miLowest 8.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.39Lowest 2.57Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Atlanta (34%)Atlanta (28%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in Chamblee3% work in Brookhaven

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.1%Highest 2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 11.0 miHighest 2.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 9Highest 6Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 113Highest 82.1Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #184 of 231 in GA #83 of 231 in GA

School district DeKalb CountyDeKalb County

High school in town Cross Keys High SchoolChamblee High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.0Lowest 16.5Highest

Georgia average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Brookhaven vs Chamblee

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,590 more a month in Brookhaven

Brookhaven places higher on 15 of 22 GA lists

Brookhaven and Chamblee share a border

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