Georgia · Census place 1324768

Dunwoody, Georgia

Dunwoody is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia with an estimated 51,795 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 20th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
51,795
#20 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+199 people
Land area
13.0 sq mi
+ 0.22 sq mi water
Density
3,984 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Dunwoody. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Dunwoody population, 2020 to 2024

Dunwoody added 199 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -215. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 112th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Dunwoody is 3.2 times that size.

51.6k202051.0k202152.3k202252.0k202351.8k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 51,645. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Dunwoody covers 13.00 square miles of land and 0.22 of water, for 3,984 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Dunwoody is denser than the typical town.

What county Dunwoody is in

All of Dunwoody's residents live in DeKalb County, which had 770,307 residents in 2024. Dunwoody holds 6.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dunwoody

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Dunwoody by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30338, 30346, 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 Dunwoody is

The Census internal point of Dunwoody is at 33.941400, -84.312700. Atlanta, the capital, is 14.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sandy Springs, GA (105,505 people), 3.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.941400, -84.312700
DMS
33°56'29.04"N 84°18'45.72"W
UTM
16N 748371.2E 3758912.1N
Geohash
dnh116v6g
Plus code
865QWMRP+HW

Daylight in Dunwoody

At 33.94° N, Dunwoody 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 Dunwoody

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Sandy Springs, 3.3 miles away, with 105,505 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Dunwoody, GA?

51,795 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 199 (0.4%) from 51,596 in July 2020.

What county is Dunwoody in?

DeKalb County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Dunwoody?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 30338, 30346, 30360.

How far is Dunwoody from Atlanta?

14.0 miles (22.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Dunwoody.

What is the nearest larger city to Dunwoody?

Sandy Springs, GA, with 105,505 residents, 3.3 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.