Jacksonville vs Lumber City

A side-by-side comparison of Jacksonville and Lumber City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lumber City has the higher population (1,113 vs 130 in Jacksonville). Jacksonville has the higher median household income ($35,000 vs $31,927 in Lumber City). Since 2019, Jacksonville's population has grown faster (+64.6% vs -21.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Lumber City
Population	130	1,113
Median age	42.1 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,000	$31,927
Median home value	$47,900	—
Median gross rent	$967	$444
Housing units	57	443
Homeownership rate	85.3%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Lumber City
Population	79 → 130 (+64.6%)	1,421 → 1,113 (-21.7%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $35,000 (+12.0%)	$30,438 → $31,927 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$37,000 → $47,900 (+29.5%)	$57,000 → $39,200 (-31.2%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $967 (+10.5%)	$517 → $444 (-14.1%)

Jacksonville

Population

79130

Median household income

$31,250$35,000

Median home value

$37,000$47,900

Median gross rent

$875$967

Lumber City

Population

1,4211,113

Median household income

$30,438$31,927

Median home value

$57,000$39,200

Median gross rent

$517$444

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksonville	Lumber City
Under 5	1.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	30.0%	24.0%
18 to 24	1.5%	18.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	5.8%
35 to 44	6.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	6.2%	8.8%
55 to 64	6.2%	10.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.2%
75 and over	22.3%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Lumber City
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	27.8%
Black or African American	11.5%	55.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Lumber City
No high school diploma	12.6%	18.9%
High school graduate	56.3%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Lumber City
Drove alone	95.9%	95.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Lumber City
1-unit, detached	94.7%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	35.7%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Lumber City
Poverty rate	8.7%	24.7%
Average household size	3.82	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1972	1984