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BUSINESS

Population
• Education of 18+ residents:
73 percent have a bachelor’s
degree or higher.
• Median age: 36
• Half our population is comprised
of Millennials (born 1981 to 1996)
or Gen Z (born 1997 to 2012).
• Approximately 120,000 people
visit Dunwoody during the day.
• The population of the city doubles
every weekday with the number of
employees commuting to Dunwoody.

is beginning to construct pedestrian
and bicycle facilities along Ashford
Dunwoody Road between Hammond
Drive and Mount Vernon Road.
Extending these options in the
Perimeter area will increase the
geographic reach of the Dunwoody
Business is Booming MARTA station. The City also plans
to make the stretch of Chamblee-
Dunwoody Road between I-285
and North Shallowford Road more
pedestrian and bike friendly.
The City of Dunwoody has a
partnership with TiE Atlanta, which
fosters entrepreneurship through
mentoring, networking, and funding.
Atlanta’s TiE entrepreneurial community
meets monthly to network on topics
that are important to entrepreneurs,
founders, and small business leaders.
Proximity to some of the most highly
regarded educational institutions in the
country – like Emory University,
Georgia Tech, University of Georgia,
Oglethorpe University, and Georgia
State University, which has a campus
of its Perimeter College in Dunwoody
– provide the human capacity needed
to meet the influx of jobs predicted to
come to Dunwoody during the next
three decades.
The Atlanta Regional Commission
anticipates growth of 1.5 million new
jobs in the next 30 years, of which
Dunwoody will absorb many.
Contact the City of Dunwoody’s
Economic Development team to
learn more about all the ways that
entrepreneurs, site selectors, and
CEOs can maximize potential in
our multi-faceted Atlanta area
hotspot: dunwoodyga.gov/
economic-development

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