Georgia · Census place 1323536

Doraville, Georgia

Doraville is a city in 2 counties of Georgia with an estimated 12,436 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 89th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,436
#89 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+17.1%
+1,819 people
Land area
5.0 sq mi
Density
2,487 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Doraville. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Doraville population, 2020 to 2024

Doraville added 1,819 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +17.1%. In the latest year it moved by +1,591. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 21st; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Doraville is 77% of it.

10.6k202010.9k202110.9k202210.8k202312.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,624. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Doraville covers 5.00 square miles of land, for 2,487 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Doraville is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Doraville spans

Doraville crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 12,436 residents as follows; DeKalb County holds 100.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01DeKalb County12,430
  2. 02Gwinnett County6
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Doraville

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Doraville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30340, 30360. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Doraville is

The Census internal point of Doraville is at 33.908300, -84.269900. Atlanta, the capital, is 12.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chamblee, GA (32,321 people), 2.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 5.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.908300, -84.269900
DMS
33°54'29.88"N 84°16'11.64"W
UTM
16N 752425.8E 3755345.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
865QWP5J+82

Daylight in Doraville

At 33.91° N, Doraville gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Doraville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Chamblee, 2.6 miles away, with 32,321 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Doraville, GA?

12,436 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,819 (17.1%) from 10,617 in July 2020.

What county is Doraville in?

It spans 2 counties: DeKalb County (12,430 residents), Gwinnett County (6 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Doraville?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 30340, 30360.

How far is Doraville from Atlanta?

12.9 miles (20.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Doraville.

What is the nearest larger city to Doraville?

Chamblee, GA, with 32,321 residents, 2.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.