Lithonia vs Stone Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Lithonia and Stone Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stone Mountain has the higher population (6,639 vs 2,614 in Lithonia). Stone Mountain has the higher median household income ($49,661 vs $49,438 in Lithonia). Stone Mountain has the higher median home value ($190,700 vs $171,500 in Lithonia).

Population, income & housing

	Lithonia	Stone Mountain
Population	2,614	6,639
Median age	35.6 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,438	$49,661
Median home value	$171,500	$190,700
Median gross rent	$1,282	$1,369
Housing units	1,115	2,854
Homeownership rate	33.0%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lithonia	Stone Mountain
Population	2,778 → 2,614 (-5.9%)	6,285 → 6,639 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$32,670 → $49,438 (+51.3%)	$44,245 → $49,661 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$89,600 → $171,500 (+91.4%)	$125,000 → $190,700 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,282 (+39.8%)	$1,104 → $1,369 (+24.0%)

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

Stone Mountain

Population

6,2856,639

Median household income

$44,245$49,661

Median home value

$125,000$190,700

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,369

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lithonia	Stone Mountain
Under 5	11.9%	11.6%
5 to 17	13.5%	10.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	24.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	18.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	5.1%	8.0%
75 and over	2.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lithonia	Stone Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	2.0%	13.5%
Black or African American	84.4%	80.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lithonia	Stone Mountain
No high school diploma	16.7%	13.3%
High school graduate	28.9%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lithonia	Stone Mountain
Drove alone	59.7%	77.4%
Carpooled	11.0%	9.6%
Public transit	11.3%	1.9%
Walked	4.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	7.1%
Other means	6.8%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lithonia	Stone Mountain
1-unit, detached	35.2%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	25.3%	9.1%
20 or more units	16.8%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lithonia	Stone Mountain
Poverty rate	23.6%	15.3%
Average household size	2.68	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	45	29
Median year structure built	1974	1978