Irondale vs Lovejoy

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

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

Lovejoy has the higher population (10,967 vs 8,722 in Irondale). Lovejoy has the higher median household income ($67,872 vs $61,454 in Irondale). Lovejoy has the higher median home value ($228,500 vs $186,700 in Irondale).

Population, income & housing

	Irondale	Lovejoy
Population	8,722	10,967
Median age	33.9 yrs	29.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,454	$67,872
Median home value	$186,700	$228,500
Median gross rent	$1,478	$1,546
Housing units	3,153	3,404
Homeownership rate	69.0%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Irondale	Lovejoy
Population	8,224 → 8,722 (+6.1%)	6,179 → 10,967 (+77.5%)
Median household income	$51,672 → $61,454 (+18.9%)	$45,488 → $67,872 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $186,700 (+91.1%)	$107,500 → $228,500 (+112.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,048 → $1,478 (+41.0%)	$1,098 → $1,546 (+40.8%)

Irondale

Population

8,2248,722

Median household income

$51,672$61,454

Median home value

$97,700$186,700

Median gross rent

$1,048$1,478

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)

	Irondale	Lovejoy
Under 5	6.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	24.1%	30.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	18.3%
35 to 44	9.9%	15.3%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.2%	6.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	3.4%
75 and over	1.6%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Irondale	Lovejoy
White (non-Hispanic)	11.0%	6.1%
Black or African American	65.1%	81.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Irondale	Lovejoy
No high school diploma	11.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	29.2%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Irondale	Lovejoy
Drove alone	63.5%	79.7%
Carpooled	21.7%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	12.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Irondale	Lovejoy
1-unit, detached	76.5%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Irondale	Lovejoy
Poverty rate	21.7%	12.4%
Average household size	3.07	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	38	34
Median year structure built	1994	2007