Douglasville vs Lithia Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Douglasville and Lithia Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Douglasville has the higher population (36,284 vs 16,138 in Lithia Springs). Douglasville has the higher median household income ($76,591 vs $54,982 in Lithia Springs). Douglasville has the higher median home value ($313,500 vs $199,500 in Lithia Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Douglasville	Lithia Springs
Population	36,284	16,138
Median age	36.6 yrs	29.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,591	$54,982
Median home value	$313,500	$199,500
Median gross rent	$1,457	$1,353
Housing units	15,062	7,180
Homeownership rate	48.5%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglasville	Lithia Springs
Population	33,052 → 36,284 (+9.8%)	18,054 → 16,138 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$58,560 → $76,591 (+30.8%)	$48,988 → $54,982 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $313,500 (+82.7%)	$130,800 → $199,500 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,457 (+34.5%)	$1,056 → $1,353 (+28.1%)

Douglasville

Population

33,05236,284

Median household income

$58,560$76,591

Median home value

$171,600$313,500

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,457

Lithia Springs

Population

18,05416,138

Median household income

$48,988$54,982

Median home value

$130,800$199,500

Median gross rent

$1,056$1,353

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglasville	Lithia Springs
Under 5	5.8%	8.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	15.1%
25 to 34	14.9%	18.0%
35 to 44	16.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	9.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.8%
75 and over	4.5%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglasville	Lithia Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	21.9%	25.2%
Black or African American	64.5%	48.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglasville	Lithia Springs
No high school diploma	6.4%	11.3%
High school graduate	27.1%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglasville	Lithia Springs
Drove alone	78.6%	77.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.5%
Public transit	1.3%	0.8%
Walked	0.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	10.9%
Other means	1.3%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglasville	Lithia Springs
1-unit, detached	57.8%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	26.2%
20 or more units	12.8%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Douglasville	Lithia Springs
Poverty rate	11.2%	19.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	2001	1990