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Douglasville, GA
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Living in Douglasville



Douglasville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 37,948 people and 25 associated neighborhoods, Douglasville is the 30th largest community in Georgia. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Douglasville, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Douglasville, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Douglasville’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Douglasville does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $72,753.00.

Also of interest is that Douglasville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.14% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Douglasville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.54 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

The citizens of Douglasville are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.52% of adults in Douglasville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Douglasville in 2018 was $36,077, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $144,308 for a family of four. However, Douglasville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Douglasville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Douglasville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Douglasville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Douglasville include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Jamaican.

The most common language spoken in Douglasville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.