Douglasville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 20,155 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Douglasville is the 42nd largest community in Georgia.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Douglasville is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Douglasville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Douglasville who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.96%), sales jobs (14.40%), and management occupations (11.32%).

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.

One downside of living in Douglasville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.09 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

For the size of the city, public transportation in Douglasville is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Douglasville, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

Douglasville Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Douglasville is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 26.27% of adults in Douglasville have a college degree.

The per capita income in Douglasville in 2000 was $22,283, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,132 for a family of four.

Douglasville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Douglasville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Douglasville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Douglasville include Irish, English, German, and African.

The most common language spoken in Douglasville is English. Some people also speak Spanish.