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%

Chamblee$2,900/mo

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

Brookhaven$4,490/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

5Chamblee

15Brookhaven

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

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

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

Where they are

Chamblee and Brookhaven share a border

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

ChambleeBrookhaven

Chamblee ↔ Brookhaven2.5 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

ChambleeBrookhaven

Snow a year1″1″

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

Outdoors & history

ChambleeBrookhaven

Trails2 mi 11 mi

Conserved land2%4.1%

Settled1907 2012

National Register places2 1

Archive photos18 —

Famous people born here4 —

Community

ChambleeBrookhaven

Library hours a week49 hrs 46 hrs

Colleges in town—1

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

ChambleeBrookhaven

People

Population 30,895Lowest 57,855Highest

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

Median age 33.6±1.8Lowest 11% below GA 34.1±0.7Highest 9% 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 22.7%±2.9Lowest GA: 23.2% 23%±2.1Highest 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+ 9.2%±1.3Lowest GA: 15% 10.5%±1.2Highest 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+ 47.9%Lowest GA: 34.9% 70.9%Highest GA: 34.9%

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

Cost of living

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

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,859±$60Lowest 33% above GA $1,882±$51Highest 35% 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 $4,379Lowest 87% above GA $6,537Highest 179% above GA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.1%±5.2Highest GA: 52.4% 46.2%±4.9Lowest 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 18%Highest GA: 13.4% 10.3%Lowest GA: 13.4%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

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

Work in townworking residents 5.6%Highest 5.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.8 miHighest 7.3 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 3% work in Brookhaven2% work in Chamblee

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2%Lowest 4.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.4 miLowest 11.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Lowest 9Highest

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

Schools

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

School district DeKalb CountyDeKalb County

High school in town Chamblee High SchoolCross Keys High School

Students per teacherat that high school 16.5Highest 14.0Lowest

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.

Chamblee vs Brookhaven

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

Chamblee and Brookhaven share a border

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