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INNOVATION, PROGRESS &
Prosperity

Metro Atlanta is home
to 20 Fortune 500®
headquarters, 30 Fortune
1000® firms, and several
international headquarters,
many of which have chosen
to call Dunwoody home.

higher than the national average and 42
percent higher than the state – and is BUSINESS
steadily rising.
Dunwoody’s workforce is one of the
highest paid in the state and even the
nation, bringing in an average household
income of over $117,000 annually.
Dunwoody’s easy accessibility plays
an important role in the success of local
businesses and in the overall high quality of
Georgia continues to be one of the best states life. Residents enjoy an average commute
for business, earning accolades for its spectacular time of 26 minutes, and many have found
a rewarding workplace near home. In
economic environment and creative climate. fact, with direct access to GA-400, I-285
and four MARTA rapid transit stations,
Dunwoody is one of the most accessible
Dunwoody is an exceptional example of retail space, 3,000 residential units, and business locations in Metro Atlanta, a major
of Peach State prosperity, progress, and 400 hotel rooms.
innovation. As a vibrant part of bustling Dunwoody’s talent pool is also ready
Metro Atlanta, business and opportunity to meet the influx of jobs predicted in
flourish in Dunwoody and all without the next 30 years. The City is known for
loss of community. We are a young city its enthusiastic, innovative, and largely
with deep roots, an energetic and highly millennial population that comprises one
STAY AHEAD OF THE TRAFFIC
educated workforce, a wealth of business of the most elite labor forces in the state. Check out the top 5 commute times in Dunwoody:
and research prospects, and a high quality Dunwoody’s workforce is highly educated,
of life. and residents have access to some of
Today, Dunwoody hosts 132,000 jobs the highest caliber colleges and research 6:30-6:59
within a three-mile radius, and the Atlanta institutions in the nation, including Emory a.m. 7:00-7:29
(5.8%)
Regional Commission anticipates a growth University, Georgia State University, Georgia 8:30-8:59 a.m
of 1.5 million new jobs in the next 30 years. Tech, and others. a.m. (17.9%)
Dunwoody is ready to meet that need with: Nearly 96 percent of residents have (10.5%)
a high school diploma and some college,
9.5 million square feet of office space including associate’s degrees, which is more
4.5 million square feet of retail space than 8 percent higher than the national 8:00-8:29 7:30-7:59
1.4 million square feet of hotel space a.m. a.m.
average and nearly 10 percent higher than (20.1%) (16.2%)
New projects springing up include the state average.
High Street Atlanta, a 36-acre mixed-use Bachelor’s or graduate level degrees
development consisting of 400,000 square among Dunwoody residents are at an
feet of office space, 400,000 square feet impressive 70 percent – around 43 percent Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2017

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