What Dunwoody is actually like
Dunwoody stayed largely rural until 1971, when the opening of Perimeter Mall and Dunwoody Village turned it into a suburban hub almost overnight. It didn't become its own city until much later, though — incorporation only happened in December 2008, after a three-year campaign and a July 2008 voter referendum. The 2020 census counted 51,683 residents in a city that's now entirely urbanized. When the city wrote its own zoning code in 2013 — replacing the DeKalb County rules it had used since incorporation — it protected roughly 80% of Dunwoody's land area as single-family zoning, while also streamlining the permitting process for home-based businesses.
Perimeter Center, the commercial district that grew up around the original mall, is one of metro Atlanta's largest employment centers, employing hundreds of thousands of people across office towers including the 34-story Ravinia 3 at the GA-400/I-285 interchange, with companies like InterContinental Hotels Group's Americas headquarters and a large State Farm regional operations hub based there. Dunwoody Village, the historic heart of the city, keeps a deliberately Colonial Williamsburg architectural style that stands apart from the office towers and retail nearby. The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area's Island Ford unit sits right on the city's border, with nearly 7 miles of riverside hiking trails after a 2026 expansion.
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Getting around
Dunwoody has its own MARTA Red Line station, and GA-400 and I-285 both run through the city — a genuine mix of transit and highway access that's unusual for a suburb this far out.
Dunwoody FAQ
Is Dunwoody GA part of Atlanta?
No — it's its own city in DeKalb County, about 17 miles north of downtown Atlanta, incorporated in 2008.
Is Dunwoody GA on MARTA?
Yes — it has its own Red Line station.
What is Dunwoody GA known for?
Perimeter Mall and Perimeter Center, one of metro Atlanta's largest employment districts, alongside the historic Dunwoody Village core.