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16,875people live here $62,417median household income▼ 23% below US $1,402median rent per monthNear US average $220,000median home value▼ 34% below US

Lithia Springs is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, GA. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Lithia Springs

Lithia Springs is an unincorporated community in Georgia with home prices that remain within reach, county unemployment below the national average, and schools with class sizes near the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Lithia Springs deals with household incomes below the national average, commute times longer than most cities, a population that has been shrinking, and a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin.

The good

Affordable home prices
Low unemployment in the county
Average class sizes

The not so good

Below-average household incomes
Above-average commute times
Shrinking population
High rent burden for renters
Above-average rainfall
Car-dependent — few commuters use transit

How Lithia Springs compares

Median household income

Lithia Springs$62,417

Georgia avg$77,353

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Lithia Springs$1,402

Georgia avg$1,393

US$1,413

Median home value

Lithia Springs$220,000

Georgia avg$303,300

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Lithia Springs

Based on Lithia Springs's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$2,804

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $56,080 a year
50% of Lithia Springs renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$44,000

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $22,000
Homes cost 3.5× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of livingNear US average

$1,402/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,402 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices here are genuinely accessible, with a median around $220,000. That kind of affordability is rare in today's market.

Median home value $220,000 · 50% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

3.7% county unemployment

Unemployment in Douglas County is 3.7%, a little below the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Douglas County (county-wide)

Safety

183 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Lithia Springs doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Douglas County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 726/100k · Policed by Douglas County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 12% above US

29 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 29.1 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 14% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

73%

Work from home

14%

Carpool

11%

Other

1.4%

Walk

0.4%

Public transit

0.2%

Climate

Summers are warm, with highs around 83°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 34°F. It's a wet climate overall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 28% below US

26% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 26%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

5 public schools inside the boundary

There are 5 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16:1, close to the national average of 16:1. Smaller class sizes are generally a positive sign for a district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (12 miles away). There are 8 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Lithia Springs's strongest points are home prices that remain within reach and county unemployment below the national average; the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and commute times longer than most cities. A year of median rent ($1,402/mo) equals 27% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It may be a harder fit for anyone who doesn't drive.

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