Clarkston vs Doraville

A side-by-side comparison of Clarkston and Doraville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clarkston has the higher population (14,560 vs 10,738 in Doraville). Doraville has the higher median household income ($60,618 vs $46,495 in Clarkston). Doraville has the higher median home value ($297,700 vs $279,500 in Clarkston).

Population, income & housing

	Clarkston	Doraville
Population	14,560	10,738
Median age	26.6 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,495	$60,618
Median home value	$279,500	$297,700
Median gross rent	$1,355	$1,661
Housing units	5,016	3,877
Homeownership rate	16.5%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarkston	Doraville
Population	12,750 → 14,560 (+14.2%)	10,228 → 10,738 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$41,070 → $46,495 (+13.2%)	$51,647 → $60,618 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$122,900 → $279,500 (+127.4%)	$177,600 → $297,700 (+67.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,024 → $1,355 (+32.3%)	$1,178 → $1,661 (+41.0%)

Clarkston

Population

12,75014,560

Median household income

$41,070$46,495

Median home value

$122,900$279,500

Median gross rent

$1,024$1,355

Doraville

Population

10,22810,738

Median household income

$51,647$60,618

Median home value

$177,600$297,700

Median gross rent

$1,178$1,661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarkston	Doraville
Under 5	14.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	22.6%	18.5%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	20.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.6%
45 to 54	7.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	7.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	3.3%	9.3%
75 and over	0.4%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarkston	Doraville
White (non-Hispanic)	10.7%	19.7%
Black or African American	70.5%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	12.3%	21.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	49.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarkston	Doraville
No high school diploma	18.4%	26.9%
High school graduate	32.8%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarkston	Doraville
Drove alone	62.6%	55.3%
Carpooled	19.3%	25.3%
Public transit	5.6%	2.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	13.8%
Other means	2.1%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarkston	Doraville
1-unit, detached	19.0%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	39.7%	15.5%
20 or more units	15.3%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clarkston	Doraville
Poverty rate	29.1%	22.3%
Average household size	3.74	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1978	1972