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Lovejoy city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Lovejoy city is a Census city of 11,508 people across 2.91 square miles of land, in Clayton County. Median household income is $71,612, 50.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Lovejoy
What Lovejoy is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.91 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,959
- County holding the largest share of its areaClayton County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lovejoy
How many people live in Lovejoy
- Population11,508
- Median age30.4
- Population under 183,982
- Share under 1834.6 percent
- Population 65 and over587 plus or minus 204
- Share 65 and over5.1 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Households3,836
- Family households2,531
- Share of households that are families66.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lovejoy
Income and work in Lovejoy
- Median household income$71,612
- Per capita income$28,108
- Civilian labor force5,247
- Employed5,019
- Unemployed228 plus or minus 210
- Unemployment rate4.3 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Adults 25 and over6,722
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.6 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.5 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lovejoy
Housing in Lovejoy
- Housing units4,056
- Occupied units3,836
- Vacant units220 plus or minus 149
- Vacancy rate5.4 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Owner occupied1,954
- Renter occupied1,882 plus or minus 403
- Ownership rate50.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$265,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,481
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.8 percent
- Single family units2,686
- Share single family66.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more887 plus or minus 297
- Share in buildings of two or more21.9 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Mobile homes474 plus or minus 189
- Median year structure built2008
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lovejoy
How Lovejoy gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,337
- Commuting under 15 minutes596 plus or minus 279
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.7 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,608
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more60.1 percent
- Drove alone80.6 percent
- Carpooled4.1 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home13.4 percent plus or minus 6.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lovejoy
Flood risk in Lovejoy
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating0
- NFIP community number130658
- Currently effective map date06/07/17
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Clayton County, not Lovejoy
Clayton County context, not Lovejoy figures
These are Clayton County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lovejoy measurements.
- Establishments in Clayton County4,115
- Employment at those establishments, Clayton County80,953
- Covered employment, Clayton County130,345
- Average annual pay, Clayton County$77,005
- Average weekly wage, Clayton County$1,481
- Housing units permitted, Clayton County930
- Of those, single family, Clayton County400
- County product, 2024, Clayton County$26,281,522,000
- County product change over the prior year, Clayton County0.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Clayton County$36,001
Every figure in this section is published for Clayton County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lovejoy. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lovejoy questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lovejoy, Georgia?
11,508, in 3,836 households. Lovejoy city covers 2.91 square miles of land, which is 3,959 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lovejoy in?
Clayton County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lovejoy?
$71,612. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $265,100. Median gross rent is $1,481 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Lovejoy in the National Flood Insurance Program?
It is listed but not shown as participating. Lovejoy appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130658, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Lovejoy figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Clayton County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lovejoy.
Is zoning published for Lovejoy?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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