Blakely vs Damascus

A side-by-side comparison of Blakely and Damascus: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blakely has the higher population (5,276 vs 333 in Damascus). Damascus has the higher median household income ($56,023 vs $52,656 in Blakely). Since 2019, Damascus's population has grown faster (+74.3% vs +13.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Blakely	Damascus
Population	5,276	333
Median age	33.0 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,656	$56,023
Median home value	$140,400	—
Median gross rent	$728	$883
Housing units	1,916	160
Homeownership rate	54.0%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blakely	Damascus
Population	4,652 → 5,276 (+13.4%)	191 → 333 (+74.3%)
Median household income	$22,276 → $52,656 (+136.4%)	$18,636 → $56,023 (+200.6%)
Median home value	$91,000 → $140,400 (+54.3%)	$57,100 → $152,100 (+166.4%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $728 (-4.2%)	$565 → $883 (+56.3%)

Blakely

Population

4,6525,276

Median household income

$22,276$52,656

Median home value

$91,000$140,400

Median gross rent

$760$728

Damascus

Population

191333

Median household income

$18,636$56,023

Median home value

$57,100$152,100

Median gross rent

$565$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blakely	Damascus
Under 5	5.4%	0.3%
5 to 17	23.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	12.1%	13.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	4.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	7.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	17.7%
55 to 64	8.4%	6.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	26.4%
75 and over	5.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blakely	Damascus
White (non-Hispanic)	25.3%	43.5%
Black or African American	73.6%	22.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	31.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blakely	Damascus
No high school diploma	21.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	39.4%	52.0%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blakely	Damascus
Drove alone	75.5%	96.6%
Carpooled	18.5%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blakely	Damascus
1-unit, detached	72.4%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	32.5%

Poverty & households

	Blakely	Damascus
Poverty rate	24.7%	7.2%
Average household size	3.17	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1981	1982