Embry Hills Real Estate

Embry Hills, Georgia

Embry Hills is an unincorporated neighborhood in DeKalb County, tucked between Chamblee, Doraville, and Tucker in Metro Atlanta's northeastern suburbs. It sits just north of Tucker, close enough to SRA Signature Realty's office on Hugh Howell Road that the drive between the two takes only a few minutes, and it lies about 12 to 14 miles northeast of Downtown Atlanta near the interchange of Interstate 85 and Interstate 285. The neighborhood sits at an elevation of roughly 900 feet and falls within the 30341 zip code, a shared address range with parts of nearby Chamblee.

From Farmland to Neighborhood

Embry Hills takes its name from the Embry family, developers who purchased roughly 600 acres of farmland in the area during the mid-1950s. Construction of the neighborhood's homes began in 1957, and the Embry Hills Club, a private swim and social facility built on a 10-acre site, followed in 1958. A dedicated retail district along Chamblee Tucker Road opened in 1963, giving the growing neighborhood its own shopping and banking services. Interstate 285 was built directly through part of the area during the 1960s, permanently shaping the neighborhood's layout and connecting it to the wider Perimeter corridor. The Embry family's development work extended beyond the neighborhood itself, with members of the family later active in DeKalb County's real estate and banking industry as the county grew. The Chamblee Tucker Road shopping center was originally zoned across roughly 22 acres, reflecting the scale of retail the developers planned for the growing subdivision from the outset.

Getting Around

Embry Hills is well served by regional highways, with access to I-85 at Pleasantdale Road and to I-285 at Chamblee Tucker Road. Chamblee Tucker Road and Henderson Mill Road serve as the neighborhood's main surface streets, connecting residents to Chamblee, Doraville, and Tucker. MARTA's Doraville rail station, on the Gold Line, sits just north of the neighborhood and provides transit access into Midtown and Downtown Atlanta. The combination of interstate and rail access has kept Embry Hills connected to job centers throughout the northern half of Metro Atlanta since the Perimeter corridor's development in the 1970s and 1980s.

Shopping and Community Life

The Chamblee Tucker Road retail district, developed in the early 1960s, remains a commercial anchor for the neighborhood, and a DeKalb County Public Library branch has served area residents since 1990. The Embry Hills Civic Association stays active in neighborhood planning and hosts community meetings and events throughout the year, and the Embry Hills Club continues to give residents access to a neighborhood pool. DeKalb County later replaced the original 1990 library branch with a newer library building to keep pace with the growing community. The county has also included the surrounding Chamblee Tucker Road and Presidential Parkway corridor in area-wide planning studies aimed at shaping walkability and future development in the surrounding community. Because Embry Hills sits so close to the Chamblee and Doraville commercial districts, residents also have easy access to the additional shopping, dining, and grocery options along those two cities' main corridors without leaving the immediate area.

• Chamblee Tucker Road retail and dining corridor


• Embry Hills Club neighborhood pool


• DeKalb County Public Library branch


• MARTA Gold Line access at the Doraville station


• Direct highway access via Interstate 85 and Interstate 285

Housing in Embry Hills

Embry Hills was built out primarily as a collection of brick ranch subdivisions during the late 1950s and 1960s, a period when suburban DeKalb County was expanding rapidly along its new interstate corridors. Homes sit on individual lots along curving residential streets, and the neighborhood's overall layout and architecture reflect its mid-century origins as a planned suburban community. The original development unfolded in phases through the 1960s, and many of the brick ranch homes from that era remain, some updated over the decades while retaining their original one-story footprints and mature landscaping. Lot sizes and setbacks throughout the neighborhood are generally consistent from block to block, a hallmark of its origin as a single, cohesively planned subdivision rather than a patchwork of smaller developments.

Frequently Asked Questions

What county is Embry Hills in?

Embry Hills is an unincorporated neighborhood in DeKalb County, Georgia, located between Chamblee, Doraville, and Tucker.

How close is Embry Hills to Tucker, Georgia?

Embry Hills sits directly north of Tucker, only a short drive from the center of town and from Hugh Howell Road.

What highways serve Embry Hills?

Embry Hills has convenient access to both Interstate 85 and Interstate 285, which meet near the neighborhood's western edge.

When was Embry Hills developed?

The neighborhood was developed starting in the mid-1950s on former farmland, with home construction beginning in 1957 and a dedicated retail district opening in 1963.

What style of homes are common in Embry Hills?

Brick ranch homes built in the late 1950s and 1960s make up much of the neighborhood, arranged in subdivisions along curving residential streets.