Access to talent begins with an educated population

Hundreds of thousands of college graduates make their home in DeKalb County. But beyond having critical mass of educated people, DeKalb also boasts high percentages of degreed adults:

• Out of all DeKalb adults (25 and older), more than 40 percent have a bachelor’s degree or higher, and 16.5 percent have a master’s degree or higher. These figures far surpass national averages (26 percent of adults with bachelor’s degree or higher, 5.9 percent with master’s degree or higher).
  
  
• DeKalb has one of metro Atlanta’s highest concentrations of the coveted 25- to 34-year-old demographic. The county gained 17,800 residents age 25 to 34 in the 1990s, a time when other areas of the country lost this demographic.
  
  
• Nearly half of all employed adults in DeKalb work in professional, management, or related occupations, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A DeKalb location also gives you optimal access to the region’s educated population.
  
  
• DeKalb’s geographic location at the center of the Atlanta region’s 4 million people – as well as its superior transportation network – make it an ideal location for life science companies. 

By locating your enterprise in DeKalb, you get ready access to knowledge workers – bright people who won’t have far to commute. They’ll appreciate that.