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Douglas County sits west of Atlanta on I-20. Its median list price was $358,450 (Realtor.com, Sept 2026), down 1.8% from a year earlier.
Douglas County is west of Atlanta along I-20. Douglasville is the county seat, and Lithia Springs and Winston are also in the county. Residents average 33.2 minutes to get to work (Census ACS, 2020-2024 5-year estimate, margin of error 1.3 minutes). Your own drive depends on where you live and where you work, so test the route at rush hour before you commit.
The Douglas County median list price was $358,450 (Realtor.com, Sept 2026). That is down 1.8% from September 2025. There were 708 active listings, and the median listing spent 57 days on the market. That is 8.8% fewer days than a year earlier. About 23% of listings had a price reduction. The median value of owner-occupied homes is $296,900 (Census, 2020-2024). It measures something different from list prices, so expect the two to disagree. About 66.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied (Census, 2020-2024). The median household income is $82,984 (Census, 2020-2024).
The Douglas County School System had 25,521 students in 2024-2025 and lists 34 schools for 2025-2026 (NCES). The county was created on October 17, 1870 and named for Stephen A. Douglas, the "Little Giant" (Georgia Historical Society marker). Douglasville started as a settlement called "Skinned Chestnut" and was incorporated in 1875. Sweetwater Creek State Park in Lithia Springs covers 2,549 acres. The park holds the ruins of the New Manchester Manufacturing Company, a textile mill burned during the Civil War.
The county grew from 132,403 people in 2010 to 144,237 in 2020, a gain of 8.9% (US Census). The Census estimated 154,293 residents in July 2025, up 6.9% from the April 2020 base. The labor force was 77,192 in August 2026, with unemployment at 3.6% versus 3.4% statewide (Georgia Dept. of Labor). Large employers include Amazon, Cornerstone Building Brands, Gordon Food Service, J B Hunt, McMaster-Carr, Medline, Stitch Fix, Walmart, Wellstar and Werner. That list is from Q1 2026 and is not ranked by size. In 2022, Georgia Trend reported a $400 million Microsoft development expected to create 20 initial jobs. It put the county's data center pipeline at about $4.9 billion at that time.
154,293 residents (Census, July 2025), up 6.9% from the April 2020 count.
Median list price $358,450 (Realtor.com, Sept 2026), down 1.8% from September 2025.
Residents average a 33.2-minute commute to work (Census ACS, 2020-2024).
Large employers include Amazon, Medline, McMaster-Carr, Walmart and Wellstar (Georgia Dept. of Labor, Q1 2026).
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The county seat. It began as a settlement called "Skinned Chestnut" and was incorporated as Douglasville on February 25, 1875.
Home to Sweetwater Creek State Park, a 2,549-acre park with the ruins of a Civil War-era textile mill.
A smaller city in western Douglas County.
The median list price was $358,450, down 1.8% from a year earlier (Realtor.com, Sept 2026). The median value of owner-occupied homes was $296,900 (Census, 2020-2024). The two measure different things. Realtor.com tracks asking prices on active listings, while the Census asks owners what their homes are worth.
The median listing spent 57 days on the market, 8.8% fewer than a year earlier (Realtor.com, Sept 2026). That month there were 708 active listings, and 23% had a price reduction.
The district had 25,521 students in the 2024-2025 school year. It lists 34 schools in its 2025-2026 directory (NCES Common Core of Data).
Sweetwater Creek State Park in Lithia Springs covers 2,549 acres. It holds the ruins of the New Manchester Manufacturing Company, a textile mill burned during the Civil War (Georgia State Parks).
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