Bunten Road and Duluth Highway, Duluth: homes, schools, commute

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the City of Duluth’s Plan 2040 comprehensive plan (PDF), Character Area Map (PDF) and GIS layers, Gwinnett County Public Schools zone map data, the state’s 2025 School Grades data, Zillow Research, Gwinnett County and OpenStreetMap.

East of downtown, along Bunten Road and Duluth Highway, is a block of single-family subdivisions that the city’s plan counts among its Established Neighborhoods, plus the Duluth Highway Corridor on the road toward I-85. With Sugarloaf, it is one of two parts of Duluth where most homes are zoned for Peachtree Ridge High instead of Duluth High.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Peachtree Ridge High for 71% of home addresses, Duluth High for 29%. Check yours with the GCPS school locator.
• Home value: $408,260 in ZIP 30096 and $710,739 in ZIP 30097 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest interstate exit: I-85 exit 107, Duluth Highway, about 3.9 miles by road.

Part of our Duluth neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The area is just under a square mile on the city’s Character Area Map, east of the core neighborhoods. Duluth Highway (Georgia 120) crosses the south side on its way to I-85, Bunten Road runs north and south through the middle, and Old Peachtree Road and Buford Highway (U.S. 23) also pass through it. OpenStreetMap places Centurion Hills here. 72% of home addresses are in ZIP code 30096 and 28% in 30097.

The Plan 2040 comprehensive plan uses two neighborhoods here as its examples. Norman Downes is a “conventional suburban” subdivision of detached houses “with large setbacks, curvilinear streets and cul-de-sacs,” and Cresswell is a “traditional neighborhood” development with connected streets, sidewalks and street trees. It does not expect much new building in these “built-out” neighborhoods. Along Duluth Highway it describes “large, semi-rural residential and institutional uses such as churches,” and says that if those properties are redeveloped the city should favor “low and medium residential over multi-family.”

Homes

The city’s parcel records count about 780 houses and 75 townhomes here, and Gwinnett County’s address data 85 condos. The city’s development layer names Norman Downes (about 280 parcels), Cresswell, Peachtree Walk, Barkley Square, Centurion Hills, Harris Mill and Parcview North, the Evanshire and Norman Circle homes on Duluth Highway, and the Harris Orchards at Duluth condominiums.

Schools

How this area’s home addresses split in Gwinnett County Public Schools’ zone layers, updated in August 2026. Scores are 2025 College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) figures from the state’s School Grades report.

The line runs between subdivisions. In the district’s zone layers, Norman Downes, Peachtree Walk, Barkley Square, Centurion Hills, Parcview North and Cresswell are in the Mason Elementary, Hull Middle and Peachtree Ridge High zones. Evanshire, Norman Circle, Harris Mill and the Harris Orchards condos are in the Harris Elementary, Duluth Middle and Duluth High zones. Mason Elementary is inside the area at 3030 Bunten Road; Hull Middle is at 1950 Old Peachtree Road and Peachtree Ridge High at 1555 Old Peachtree Road in Suwanee. The state average was 78.0 and Gwinnett County Public Schools scored 81.5. Check one address in the GCPS school locator. More in our schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 30096 was $408,260 in August 2026, down 2.1% from $416,920 in August 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. In ZIP 30097 it was $710,739, down 0.4% from $713,339. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price, and both ZIP codes reach well beyond this area. The citywide Duluth figure was $437,770, down 2.5% on the year. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

• Bunten Road Park, 3180 Bunten Road, inside the area: 45 acres with the city’s recreation center and Parks and Recreation office, soccer, baseball and multi-use fields, four tennis courts and a 1.08-mile paved path, according to the city’s parks list, which says the tennis courts are closed until further notice. The northern half of the trail closed May 11 for rebuilding, and the city expects the whole project to finish in spring 2027, according to its project page.
• McDaniel Farm Park, 3251 McDaniel Road, about a mile south: a Gwinnett County park on a restored 1930s farm with 3 miles of trails and a dog park area, according to Gwinnett County.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• Interstate: I-85 exit 107, Duluth Highway (Georgia 120), about 3.9 miles by road; exit 109, Old Peachtree Road, about 4.5 miles.
• Downtown: about 2.0 miles from the middle of the area to the Town Green.
• Airport: about 36.9 miles to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
• All are distances measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
• Bus: no Ride Gwinnett local route runs through the area. The nearest stops are on Satellite Boulevard at Gwinnett Place, about 1.4 miles south, served by routes 10A, 10B, 30 and 40, according to Gwinnett County’s transit stop data; see the routes and schedules page.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap:

• Publix, 2750 Buford Highway, on the area’s northern edge
• Lidl, 2985 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, about half a mile north

How we drew this area

This area joins the eastern Established Neighborhoods polygons in the city’s own character area GIS layer with the Duluth Highway Corridor polygon beside them. Home counts and school shares come from every house and townhome parcel in the city’s parcel layer and every apartment and condo address point in Gwinnett County’s address data inside it, matched to the district’s zone layers on Oct. 6, 2026. Store and park locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

Which part of Duluth is zoned for Peachtree Ridge High?

The east and northeast. On Duluth’s east side, about 71% of home addresses, including Norman Downes, Peachtree Walk, Barkley Square, Centurion Hills and Cresswell, are zoned for Mason Elementary, Hull Middle and Peachtree Ridge High in Gwinnett County Public Schools’ 2026 zone map.

Is Norman Downes in Duluth a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Norman Downes is a single-family subdivision off Bunten Road that the city’s plan uses as its example of a conventional suburban neighborhood. It is zoned for Peachtree Ridge High, which scored 77.7 on the state’s 2025 CCRPI, and Zillow put the typical home value in ZIP 30096 at $408,260 in August 2026.

What ZIP code is Bunten Road in Duluth?

Most of this area, 72% of home addresses, is in ZIP code 30096; the northern part, 28%, is in 30097, according to the city’s parcel data and Gwinnett County’s address points.

Is Bunten Road Park open?

The city closed the northern half of the walking trail for rebuilding on May 11, 2026, and expects the full park project to finish in spring 2027, according to its project page.