North Berkeley, Duluth: homes, schools, parks and 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.

Duluth’s southern tip, along Pleasant Hill Road and North Berkeley Lake Road, is the city’s shopping and industrial end. Its plan splits it in two: the North Berkeley International Village, “the most diverse character area in terms of land uses,” with big shopping centers, strip centers and both rental and owner-occupied homes; and the North Berkeley Industrial District, “the City’s main industrial district.” Most homes are apartments, and all go to Duluth High.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Duluth High, with Harris Elementary and Duluth Middle, for all but one home address. Check yours with the GCPS school locator.
• Home value: $408,260 in ZIP 30096 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest interstate exit: I-85 exit 104, Pleasant Hill Road, about 3.6 miles by road.

Part of our Duluth neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The area is about a square mile on the city’s Character Area Map. Pleasant Hill Road runs through it from northwest to southeast toward I-85, North Berkeley Lake Road and Summit Ridge Parkway cross it, and it reaches Peachtree Industrial Boulevard on the west and Buford Highway on the east. Most of its edges are the city limit; the Plan 2040 comprehensive plan says the International Village, “at the most southern spur of the Duluth city limits,” mostly borders unincorporated Gwinnett County. Every home address is in ZIP code 30096.

The plan names the Duluth International Village and Park Village shopping centers on Pleasant Hill Road and the Walmart shopping center, which it says has unused parking that could become outparcels for a mix of uses. In the industrial district, the only place in the city with heavy industrial (M-2) zoning, it says little new industry is expected because most land is in use, and it wants the large apartment complex and other properties on Summit Ridge Parkway rebuilt as dense mixed-use developments with homes to rent and to own. It also proposes a Duluth transportation hub at the Buford Highway and Pleasant Hill Road interchange.

Homes

Gwinnett County’s address data counts about 670 apartments and 180 condos here, and the city’s parcel records about 240 townhomes. The county’s data names the Estates at Crossroads Apartments (345 addresses) and Marquis on Berkeley (320), with Point Berkeley, Summit Ridge Parc and Berkeley Depot Village. The city’s development layer adds the Howell Park, Sweetwater Park and Sweetwater Commons townhomes and the Parc 85 Duluth and The Berkeley apartments.

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.

Duluth Middle is inside the area at 3200 Pleasant Hill Road. Harris Elementary is at 3123 Claiborne Drive and Duluth High at 3737 Brock Road. One address falls in the Berkeley Lake Elementary zone. 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. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price or a rent, and 30096 covers most of southern Duluth and a large area outside the city. The citywide Duluth figure was $437,770, down 2.5% on the year. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

• Shorty Howell Park, 2750 Pleasant Hill Road, beside the area: a 67-acre Gwinnett County park with seven lighted youth baseball and softball fields, a football and multipurpose field with a lighted walking track, a lake, a 1.25-mile paved trail and an activity building, according to Gwinnett County. The activity building is also an advance voting site; see our voting guide.
• W.P. Jones Park, Pleasant Hill Road, about half a mile north in the Pleasant Hill Road and Peachtree Industrial area.

More in our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• Interstate: I-85 exit 104, Pleasant Hill Road, about 3.6 miles by road.
• Downtown: about 3.0 miles from the middle of the area to the Town Green.
• Airport: about 34.8 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: Ride Gwinnett Route 10B stops on North Berkeley Lake Road inside the area, the only local bus stops within the city, according to Gwinnett County’s transit stop data. Route 10 runs to MARTA’s Doraville station, the north end of the Gold Line; see the routes and schedules page. Local buses do not run Sundays.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap, inside the area:

• Super H Mart, 2550 Pleasant Hill Road
• Aldi, 2618 Pleasant Hill Road
• Walmart Supercenter, 2635 Pleasant Hill Road
• Publix, 3870 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard

Just outside are Kroger, 3093 Steve Reynolds Boulevard, and Great Wall Supermarket, 2300 Pleasant Hill Road.

How we drew this area

This area joins the North Berkeley International Village and North Berkeley Industrial District polygons in the city’s own character area GIS layer. 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

What schools serve North Berkeley Lake Road in Duluth?

Harris Elementary, Duluth Middle and Duluth High. All but one home address in this area is zoned for those three schools in Gwinnett County Public Schools’ 2026 zone map, and Duluth Middle is inside the area at 3200 Pleasant Hill Road.

Is North Berkeley in Duluth a good place to live?

Here are the facts. The area is mostly apartments, townhomes and condos near the Pleasant Hill Road shopping centers, with Ride Gwinnett bus stops and Shorty Howell Park next door. It is zoned for Duluth High, which scored 70.0 on the state’s 2025 CCRPI, and Zillow put the typical home value in ZIP 30096 at $408,260 in August 2026.

Does a bus serve Pleasant Hill Road in Duluth?

Yes. Ride Gwinnett Route 10B stops on North Berkeley Lake Road in this area, according to Gwinnett County’s transit stop data. It is the only part of the city with local bus stops inside it.

What grocery stores are on Pleasant Hill Road in Duluth?

OpenStreetMap lists Super H Mart at 2550 Pleasant Hill Road, Aldi at 2618 and Walmart Supercenter at 2635 inside the area, plus Publix at 3870 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.