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North Buckhead

Official neighborhood: North Buckhead

Published fit 36 uses default walkable weights and a $2,500 ACS rent budget — the same number as the Atlanta table. Your current weights score this 35.

Data period. ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · APD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Aug 2026. ACS and APD retrieved 2026-10-28; OSM retrieved 2026-10-28. Editorial copy last revised Sep 2026.

The official polygon is North Buckhead, the north end of this set. It is not the commercial strip below it. Median income is $144,640 and rent is $2,286. Violent Part I is 1.0 per 1,000. Property is 9.5. Houses and a few offices, not a night strip.

Best in Atlanta for familiesWalkable AtlantaUnder $2,500 rent

Why this published score

Default walkable weights, $2,500 ACS rent budget. Same axes as the city table and the FAQ.

Safety
58

10 violent · 100 property · 10.5 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)+8 vs city set

Schools
50

Limited school data0 vs city set

Walk
4

OSM: 2 groceries · 5 cafes · 1 transit · 7 parks-14 vs city set

Cost
100

$2,286 ACS median vs published $2,500 rent budget0 vs city set

Vibe
6

OSM: 5 cafes · 26 restaurants · 2 bars · 7 parks-11 vs city set

Commute to work

From North Buckhead, a typical weekday is 28 min to Downtown, 22 min to Midtown, 8 min to Buckhead. Not live traffic.

Buckhead is the fastest of these three job centers from here.

Downtown
28 min

Five Points, the capitol · +14 min vs the city-set median

Midtown
22 min

Midtown offices · +8 min vs the city-set median

Buckhead
8 min

Buckhead Village · -14 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three

Minutes are baked from neighborhood geography to three job centers — not Google, not this hour’s traffic.

Cost of living

The ACS median rent is $2,286 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.

That is 19% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($145K) could “afford” about $3,616 a month at 30% of pay.

45% of households rent. Median home value is $543,394.

ACS median rent
$2,286
30% income budget
$3,616
Rent / income
19%
Median home
$543,394

Rent since 2014

ACS 5-year median gross rent for Atlanta city. Up 77% since 2014. North Buckhead is 34% above the 2024 city median.

$1.3k$2.5kNorth Buckhead $2,286201420162018202020222024

Overlapping 5-year ACS windows (B25064), not asking rent. Census does not publish a rent series for each official neighborhood, so the line is the city place. The dashed mark is this area’s ACS 2024 median.

HUD treats 30% of income as the cost-burden line. We do not split ACS rent into 1-bed vs 2-bed. Method.

Within a walk

Within a short walk of this official neighborhood: 2 groceries, 5 cafes, 7 parks, and 1 transit stop.

A grocery run on foot is possible; some trips will still need a ride. Parks are close — 7 mapped parks in that radius. Transit inside 800 meters is thin.

5 cafes and 26 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Atlanta set.

OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 6 of the other 19 areas in this city.

Population
10,507
Median age
36.6
Median income
$145K
Renters
45%
Bachelor+
82%
Violent / 1k
1.0
Property / 1k
9.5

ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 3 census tracts · APD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-08-10

Family streets

Crime is APD Part I reports per 1,000 ACS residents — not a judgment of who lives here. Home and rent figures are ACS medians, not live MLS. Read the method.

On the ground

What it is like to live here, beyond the scores.

The official polygon is North Buckhead, the north end of this set. It is not the commercial strip below it. Median income is $144,640 and rent is $2,286. Violent Part I is 1.0 per 1,000. Property is 9.5. Houses and a few offices, not a night strip.

Scores on this page stay inside Atlanta. North Buckhead is the official City Planning neighborhood; other names are searches, not extra polygons. School ratings are not in this snapshot. A neighbor on the schematic map is not a shared fence. APD Part I here is NIBRS homicide 09A, rape 11A–C, robbery 120, and aggravated assault 13A as violent, plus burglary 220, larceny 23A–H, and motor vehicle theft 240 as property. Arson and the other Part I rows outside that set are not in the rate. Police beats and NPU letters are not this map.

Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, Boston planning-neighborhood writing, Philadelphia neighborhood writing, Portland neighborhood writing, Washington neighborhood-cluster writing, San Diego community-plan writing, Atlanta neighborhood writing, and local writing, 2025–2026. Editorial — not part of the fit score.

On Reddit

Public posts from r/Atlanta that mention this neighborhood. Not Nextdoor, not people on this block, and not part of the fit score.

No r/Atlanta posts in this snapshot mentioned North Buckhead.

Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.

Common questions

Straight answers from the numbers on this page.

Is North Buckhead safe?

North Buckhead is middle of the pack for Part I here (safety 58 vs city 50). APD logged 1.0 violent and 9.5 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 10.5 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.

What is rent in North Buckhead?

ACS median rent is $2,286 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 45% of households rent. Median home value is $543,394. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.

Is North Buckhead walkable?

Walk is 4 here vs 18 for the Atlanta set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 2 groceries, 5 cafes, 1 transit stops, 7 parks. Not a Walk Score license.

Is North Buckhead good for families?

The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is thin in this dataset. Median age is 36.6. That rating is not your assigned campus.

How long is the commute from North Buckhead?

28 typical weekday minutes to Downtown. Not the app on your phone this hour. Other job centers are further down this page.

How many people live in North Buckhead?

About 10,507 people. Median income $145K. 82% have a bachelor's or higher.

What neighborhoods are next to North Buckhead?

Buckhead Village, Ansley Park, Morningside sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with North Buckhead vs Buckhead Village.

Next door

Closest on this schematic map, scored with the same published walkable weights as the Atlanta table. Distances here are not street geography.

North Buckhead vs Buckhead VillageNorth Buckhead vs Ansley ParkNorth Buckhead vs Morningside

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Ansley Park

$2K ACS median rent

The official polygon is Ansley Park. One tract, population 1,922. Median income is $150,481. The window has 0 violent Part I reports inside the polygon. Property is 10 reports, 5.2 per 1,000. Renters are 32%. OSM counts 0 cafes and 0 transit stops under the 800-meter rule.

Walk index
6
Safety index
95
Published fit
43
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Virginia-Highland

$2K ACS median rent

The official name is Virginia Highland. Renters are 40% and the home median is $801,621. Rent is $1,830. OSM counts 13 bars and 5 cafes. Violent Part I is 0.7 per 1,000. Property is 6.8. Median age is 37.9.

Walk index
10
Safety index
79
Published fit
43
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Buckhead Village

$2K ACS median rent

The official name is Buckhead Village. The rest of that upper side is other polygons, not this one. Renters are 83% and the home median is $406,400, so the owner figure is a thin set. Rent is $2,125. OSM counts 14 bars. Violent Part I is 0.8 per 1,000. Property is 6.9.

Walk index
11
Safety index
74
Published fit
42
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Morningside

$2K ACS median rent

The official polygon is Morningside. The home median is $878,437, the highest in this Atlanta set. Rent is $1,983. Violent Part I is 0.3 per 1,000. Property is 5.4. Median age is 37.5.

Walk index
5
Safety index
89
Published fit
41
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Atlantic Station

$2K ACS median rent

The official polygon is Atlantic Station, a built block of shops and towers, not the grid next door. Bachelor's share is 89% and median age is 31.9. Rent is $2,345. Violent Part I is 1.3 per 1,000. Property is 15.6. OSM counts 1 bar and 27 restaurants.

Walk index
9
Safety index
32
Published fit
35
Planned

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