Damascus vs Jakin

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

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

Damascus has the higher population (333 vs 189 in Jakin). Damascus has the higher median household income ($56,023 vs $51,346 in Jakin). Since 2019, Damascus's population has grown faster (+74.3% vs -31.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Damascus	Jakin
Population	333	189
Median age	47.6 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,023	$51,346
Median home value	—	$203,100
Median gross rent	$883	$763
Housing units	160	108
Homeownership rate	94.8%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Damascus	Jakin
Population	191 → 333 (+74.3%)	276 → 189 (-31.5%)
Median household income	$18,636 → $56,023 (+200.6%)	$33,542 → $51,346 (+53.1%)
Median home value	$57,100 → $152,100 (+166.4%)	$112,500 → $203,100 (+80.5%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $883 (+56.3%)	$713 → $763 (+7.0%)

Damascus

Population

191333

Median household income

$18,636$56,023

Median home value

$57,100$152,100

Median gross rent

$565$883

Jakin

Population

276189

Median household income

$33,542$51,346

Median home value

$112,500$203,100

Median gross rent

$713$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Damascus	Jakin
Under 5	0.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	19.0%
18 to 24	13.8%	14.8%
25 to 34	4.2%	5.8%
35 to 44	7.2%	6.3%
45 to 54	17.7%	16.4%
55 to 64	6.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	26.4%	18.0%
75 and over	6.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Damascus	Jakin
White (non-Hispanic)	43.5%	64.6%
Black or African American	22.8%	33.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Damascus	Jakin
No high school diploma	6.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	52.0%	54.4%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Damascus	Jakin
Drove alone	96.6%	81.8%
Carpooled	3.4%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Damascus	Jakin
1-unit, detached	67.5%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.5%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Damascus	Jakin
Poverty rate	7.2%	19.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1982	1979