Druid Hills vs Lithonia

A side-by-side comparison of Druid Hills and Lithonia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Druid Hills has the higher population (8,278 vs 2,614 in Lithonia). Druid Hills has the higher median household income ($140,466 vs $49,438 in Lithonia). Druid Hills has the higher median home value ($790,900 vs $171,500 in Lithonia).

Population, income & housing

	Druid Hills	Lithonia
Population	8,278	2,614
Median age	37.9 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$140,466	$49,438
Median home value	$790,900	$171,500
Median gross rent	$2,012	$1,282
Housing units	3,893	1,115
Homeownership rate	59.2%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Druid Hills	Lithonia
Population	8,365 → 8,278 (-1.0%)	2,778 → 2,614 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$129,740 → $140,466 (+8.3%)	$32,670 → $49,438 (+51.3%)
Median home value	$645,600 → $790,900 (+22.5%)	$89,600 → $171,500 (+91.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,475 → $2,012 (+36.4%)	$917 → $1,282 (+39.8%)

Druid Hills

Population

8,3658,278

Median household income

$129,740$140,466

Median home value

$645,600$790,900

Median gross rent

$1,475$2,012

Lithonia

Population

2,7782,614

Median household income

$32,670$49,438

Median home value

$89,600$171,500

Median gross rent

$917$1,282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Druid Hills	Lithonia
Under 5	4.1%	11.9%
5 to 17	10.2%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	23.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	18.0%
55 to 64	16.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	5.1%
75 and over	7.4%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Druid Hills	Lithonia
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	2.0%
Black or African American	3.5%	84.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.0%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Druid Hills	Lithonia
No high school diploma	1.3%	16.7%
High school graduate	5.0%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	8.7%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	38.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	46.6%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Druid Hills	Lithonia
Drove alone	60.3%	59.7%
Carpooled	3.5%	11.0%
Public transit	1.2%	11.3%
Walked	6.7%	4.5%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.5%	6.6%
Other means	0.4%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Druid Hills	Lithonia
1-unit, detached	53.2%	35.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	25.3%
20 or more units	23.5%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Druid Hills	Lithonia
Poverty rate	9.7%	23.6%
Average household size	2.26	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	25	45
Median year structure built	1964	1974