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14,181people live here $65,462median household income▼ 19% below US $1,534median rent per monthNear US average $296,600median home value▼ 11% below US

Belvedere Park is an unincorporated community in DeKalb County, GA. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Belvedere Park

Belvedere Park is an unincorporated community in Georgia with home prices that remain within reach, county unemployment below the national average, a highly educated workforce, and schools with class sizes near the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Belvedere Park deals with household incomes below the national average, commute times longer than most cities, air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, and a population that has been shrinking.

The good

Affordable home prices
Low unemployment in the county
Highly educated workforce
Average class sizes

The not so good

Below-average household incomes
Above-average commute times
Air quality concerns
Shrinking population
High rent burden for renters
Above-average rainfall

How Belvedere Park compares

Median household income

Belvedere Park$65,462

Georgia avg$77,353

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Belvedere Park$1,534

Georgia avg$1,393

US$1,413

Median home value

Belvedere Park$296,600

Georgia avg$303,300

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Belvedere Park

Based on Belvedere Park's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,068

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $61,360 a year
64% of Belvedere Park renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$59,320

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $29,660
Homes cost 4.5× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of livingNear US average

$1,534/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,534 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices are reasonable, with a median around $296,600. Not a steal, but not intimidating either.

Median home value $296,600 · 64% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

3.6% county unemployment

Unemployment in DeKalb County is 3.6%, a little below the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

DeKalb County (county-wide)

Safety

716 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Belvedere Park doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the DeKalb County Police Department jurisdiction as a whole, which runs above the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 3351/100k · Policed by DeKalb County Police Department (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 16% above US

30 min average commute

Traffic is a real factor here. The 30.2 minute average means plenty of commuters are pushing 45 to 60 minutes on a bad day. Proximity to work matters more here than it might elsewhere. 6 in 10 workers drive to work; 31% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

58%

Work from home

31%

Carpool

5.1%

Public transit

4.2%

Walk

1.7%

Other

0.5%

Climate

Summers are warm, with highs around 88°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 35°F. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforceNear US average

39% bachelor's degree or higher

Education levels run about average, with 39% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.

Schools

4 public schools inside the boundary

There are 4 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16:1, close to the national average of 16:1. Smaller class sizes are generally a positive sign for a district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park (6 miles away). There are 7 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Belvedere Park's strongest points are home prices that remain within reach and county unemployment below the national average; the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and commute times longer than most cities. A year of median rent ($1,534/mo) equals 28% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit remote workers (31% of workers here already work from home).

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