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Clarkston city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Clarkston city is a Census city of 14,557 people across 1.84 square miles of land, in DeKalb County. Median household income is $48,564, 18.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 13 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.1 m.
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Clarkston
What Clarkston is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.84 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land7,891
- County holding the largest share of its areaDeKalb 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.
Clarkston
How many people live in Clarkston
- Population14,557
- Median age27.2
- Population under 185,556
- Share under 1838.2 percent
- Population 65 and over598 plus or minus 167
- Share 65 and over4.1 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Households3,947
- Family households2,632
- Share of households that are families66.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clarkston
Income and work in Clarkston
- Median household income$48,564
- Per capita income$19,779
- Civilian labor force6,520
- Employed5,995
- Unemployed525 plus or minus 173
- Unemployment rate8.1 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over7,802
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher78.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.3 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clarkston
Housing in Clarkston
- Housing units4,892
- Occupied units3,947
- Vacant units945 plus or minus 224
- Vacancy rate19.3 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Owner occupied724
- Renter occupied3,223
- Ownership rate18.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$302,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,422
- Annual rent as a share of median income35.1 percent
- Single family units1,180
- Share single family24.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,681
- Share in buildings of two or more75.2 percent
- Mobile homes20 plus or minus 28
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clarkston
How Clarkston gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,223
- Commuting under 15 minutes769 plus or minus 240
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.7 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,547
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more48.8 percent
- Drove alone60.5 percent
- Carpooled22.1 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Public transport4.9 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home9.8 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Clarkston
SBA loans in Clarkston (7(a))
- Approvals13
- Gross approval$7,071,200
- Average approval$543,938
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,500,000
- Largest approval$1,577,000
- Jobs supported65
- Jobs per approval5.0
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more30.8 percent
- Share to franchises23.1 percent
- Distinct lenders11
- Distinct industries by NAICS12
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Clarkston
SBA loans in Clarkston (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$515,000
- Average approval$257,500
- Median approval$266,000
- Largest approval$266,000
- Jobs supported4
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Clarkston
Flood risk in Clarkston
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number130067
- Currently effective map date08/15/19
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.
DeKalb County, not Clarkston
DeKalb County context, not Clarkston figures
These are DeKalb County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Clarkston measurements.
- Establishments in DeKalb County18,258
- Employment at those establishments, DeKalb County298,747
- Covered employment, DeKalb County310,019
- Average annual pay, DeKalb County$76,011
- Average weekly wage, DeKalb County$1,462
- Housing units permitted, DeKalb County1,238
- Of those, single family, DeKalb County853
- County product, 2024, DeKalb County$59,344,347,000
- County product change over the prior year, DeKalb County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, DeKalb County$70,102
Every figure in this section is published for DeKalb County as a whole and is not a measurement of Clarkston. 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.
- 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
Clarkston questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Clarkston, Georgia?
14,557, in 3,947 households. Clarkston city covers 1.84 square miles of land, which is 7,891 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Clarkston in?
DeKalb 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 Clarkston?
$48,564. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $302,600. Median gross rent is $1,422 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Clarkston businesses?
13 7(a) approvals totalling $7.1 m, across 11 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $515,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Clarkston, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Clarkston borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Clarkston. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Clarkston in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Clarkston appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130067, 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 Clarkston figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for DeKalb 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 Clarkston.
Is zoning published for Clarkston?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.