Census-designated place · Douglas County, Georgia

Lithia Springs, Georgia

Lithia Springs is a census-designated place in Douglas County, Georgia, part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area. It has 16,875 residents. Lithia Springs, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 15 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,356 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #214 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on new business applications (high), primary care shortage (low) and natural hazard risk (low). It ranks worst on loneliness (high), job growth (low) and public libraries (low).

15Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,356 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #214 of 386 in GA
Population: 16,875 (2020-2024)
Land area: 13 mi²
Density: 1,251.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 1346832

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety24#11,903/15,637
Economy24#11,906/15,631
Housing25#11,208/14,977
Health35#10,149/15,609
Healthcare16#13,148/15,650
Environment62#5,912/15,453
Education26#11,628/15,649
Infrastructure48#8,102/15,650
Community7#14,578/15,651
Leisure & amenities15#13,373/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lithia Springs, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Douglas County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

New business applications · high28.1 /1k
97/100Georgia 22.5 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauDouglas County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Georgia 8.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationDouglas County value
Natural hazard risk · low6.9
89/100Georgia 24.82025Federal Emergency Management AgencyDouglas County value
Depression · low19.1%
87/100Georgia 19.3%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Georgia 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDouglas County value
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDouglas County value

Weaknesses

Loneliness · high39.8%
4/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Job growth · low-3.1%
7/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataDouglas County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
7/100Georgia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesDouglas County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high19.0%
8/100Georgia 14.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Social associations · low5.4 /10k
8/100Georgia 8.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDouglas County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,073 /100k
8/100Georgia 3,147 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDouglas County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
18,054 (2015-2019) → 16,875 (2020-2024)
−6.5%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.7% (2015-2019) → 94.9% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
51.8% (2015-2019) → 59.9% (2020-2024)
+8.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
27.9% (2015-2019) → 21.3% (2020-2024)
−6.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.7× (2015-2019) → 3.5× (2020-2024)
+32%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$48,988 (2015-2019) → $62,417 (2020-2024)
+27%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Lithia Springs, Georgia improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Broadband+14 points80.7% → 94.9%
Household income+27%$48,988 → $62,417

Declined1

Price / income+0.9×2.7× → 3.5×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Lithia Springs, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	30.0 min2015-2019	29.1 min2020-2024	−0.9 min	Within the margin of error	59%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%2015-2019	26.0%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Broadband subscriptions	80.7%2015-2019	94.9%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	77%
Child poverty rate	27.9%2015-2019	21.3%2020-2024	−6.7 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Effective property tax rate	0.96%2015-2019	0.70%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	69%
High school diploma or higher	85.0%2015-2019	85.0%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	28%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3882015-2019	0.4242020-2024	+0.037	Within the margin of error	23%
Median household income	$48,9882015-2019	$62,4172020-2024	+27%	Improved	50%
Poverty rate	18.5%2015-2019	16.1%2020-2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Rent as share of income	30.6%2015-2019	32.6%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Rent-burdened households	51.8%2015-2019	59.9%2020-2024	+8.1 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Unemployment rate	4.7%2015-2019	6.6%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.5%2015-2019	19.1%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	52%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Lithia Springs, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lithia Springs, Georgia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Lithia Springs, Georgia itself moved −3.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

16,875 residents (±1,516)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

6,817 households (±609)

Lithia Springs, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k16%†1,108
$25k–50k27%1,824
$50k–75k23%1,537

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

6,817 households (±609)

Lithia Springs, Georgia
Georgia share

Own46%3,104
Rent54%3,713

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

8,048 workers (±765)

Lithia Springs, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone73%5,862
Carpool11%†878
Public transit0.2%†15

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Douglas County, the county holding most of Lithia Springs's residents.

Douglas County has 2,875 employer establishments, 192 for every 10,000 residents (0.78× the US rate of 248; 0.81× Georgia's), with 47,319 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,232. The Census Bureau also counts 18,972 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,875; 18,972 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 192; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 47,319
Average annual pay: $49,232; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Douglas County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	252	16.9	0.81×About typical	2,616	$62,664	895
Specialty trade contractors	227	15.2	0.98×About typical	2,219	$73,822	1,280
Restaurants and other eating places	225	15.1	0.82×About typical	4,956	$20,728	101
Limited-service restaurants	118	7.9	0.98×About typical	2,748	$19,269	33
Lessors of real estate	114	7.6	0.62×Fewer than typical	531	$135,275	926
Truck transportation	107	7.2	1.42×More than typical	2,004	$52,287	775
Building equipment contractors	91	6.1	1.01×About typical	1,107	$72,575	284
Automotive repair and maintenance	89	6	1.18×About typical	521	$49,889	315
Construction of buildings	84	5.6	0.74×Fewer than typical	233	$70,803	620
Full-service restaurants	82	5.5	0.71×Fewer than typical	1,836	$23,385	33
Offices of physicians	79	5.3	0.82×About typical	722	$100,719	70
Religious organizations	67	4.5	0.81×About typical	580	$23,843	—

Rank places for an industry Open Douglas County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 149,368 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $79K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Lithia Springs, Georgia: $4.68 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $79K; −45% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4.68; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

ADVANCED MATERIAL HANDLING LLC$30.3K38%
WIN WIN OPERATIONS LLC$28.7K36%
THE ORYZA GROUP LLC$13.8K18%
CCLEISURE LLC$8,93111%
TW PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS LLC-$2,7840.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.6MFY2017
1MFY2018
2.6MFY2019
5.5MFY2020
3.2MFY2021
4.5MFY2022
2.2MFY2023
-801KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$30.3K38%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$28.7K36%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$13.8K18%
RV parks and recreational camps · 7212$8,93111%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Lithia Springs, Georgia, so they do not add up across cities.

Lithia Springs, Georgia's figures are part of those of Douglas County, GA ($1M in FY2026), never added to them: 7.8% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Lithia Springs is mostly in Douglas County.

See federal money in Douglas County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Lithia Springs, Georgia is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Douglas County40100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA57

Other cities and towns in Douglas County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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