Community Profile

Summary

Druid Hills is about 5 miles from downtown Atlanta. It was developed during the late 19th - early 20th centuries using the landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed the U.S. Capitol, Central Park in New York City and the Biltmore Estate in Ashville, N.C. The neighborhood has both early 20th Century Victorian mansions and charming brick bungalows. The terrain is wooded, gently hilly and the streets wind along ridges and through hardwood canopies. The neighborhood's main employers are Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.