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No one has gone hungry, unclothed, unprotected The DeKalb County Chapter booth to raise relief funds was a center of in…1927
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No one has gone hungry, unclothed, unprotected The DeKalb County Chapter booth to raise relief funds was a center of in…, 1927

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City in Georgia, United States
1823Established
24,928Population
4.4 sq miArea
1,043 ftElevation

Decatur () is a city in and the county seat of DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. With a population of 24,928 in the 2020 census, the municipality is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple ZIP Codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear Decatur as the address. The city is served by three MARTA rail stations (Decatur, East Lake, and Avondale). The city is located approximately five miles (eight kilometers) northeast of Downtown Atlanta and shares its western border with both the city of Atlanta (the Kirkwood and Lake Claire neighborhoods) and unincorporated DeKalb County. The Druid Hills neighborhood is to the northwest of Decatur.

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ZIP code30030, 30031, 30032
Area code404 678
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Housing in Decatur

$280K▼ 3.6% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Decatur home is worth about $280,000, down 3.6% in a year, 15% below the Georgia typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market28
Sale-to-list100.1%
Sold in May42
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Safety in Decatur

C+

Safety Grade C+

Decatur reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 65% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000
Decatur 1.3
Georgia 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Decatur 18.5
Georgia 14
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade A+

The public schools Decatur’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 97% of Georgia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#9Best public schoolsof 231 in GA
DistrictCity Schools of DecaturSchools17

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within GA. Ratings are from neighbors.

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