Forest Park vs Lovejoy

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Park and Lovejoy: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest Park and Lovejoy are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forest Park has the higher population (19,619 vs 10,967 in Lovejoy). Lovejoy has the higher median household income ($67,872 vs $42,286 in Forest Park). Lovejoy has the higher median home value ($228,500 vs $119,000 in Forest Park).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Park	Lovejoy
Population	19,619	10,967
Median age	32.4 yrs	29.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,286	$67,872
Median home value	$119,000	$228,500
Median gross rent	$1,101	$1,546
Housing units	7,801	3,404
Homeownership rate	38.5%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Park	Lovejoy
Population	19,723 → 19,619 (-0.5%)	6,179 → 10,967 (+77.5%)
Median household income	$36,792 → $42,286 (+14.9%)	$45,488 → $67,872 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$67,100 → $119,000 (+77.3%)	$107,500 → $228,500 (+112.6%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $1,101 (+27.1%)	$1,098 → $1,546 (+40.8%)

Forest Park

Population

19,72319,619

Median household income

$36,792$42,286

Median home value

$67,100$119,000

Median gross rent

$866$1,101

Lovejoy

Population

6,17910,967

Median household income

$45,488$67,872

Median home value

$107,500$228,500

Median gross rent

$1,098$1,546

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Park	Lovejoy
Under 5	4.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	22.7%	30.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	16.4%	18.3%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	6.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	3.4%
75 and over	5.3%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Park	Lovejoy
White (non-Hispanic)	12.7%	6.1%
Black or African American	50.5%	81.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	8.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Park	Lovejoy
No high school diploma	24.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	36.8%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Park	Lovejoy
Drove alone	71.5%	79.7%
Carpooled	13.7%	3.7%
Public transit	5.8%	1.8%
Walked	3.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	12.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Park	Lovejoy
1-unit, detached	61.9%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	22.4%	14.3%
20 or more units	6.9%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Forest Park	Lovejoy
Poverty rate	16.2%	12.4%
Average household size	2.62	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1965	2007