Lovejoy is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 2,542 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Lovejoy is the 237th largest community in Georgia.

There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Lovejoy, 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 Lovejoy, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Lovejoy's real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. The city does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income in Lovejoy is $40,139.

When you are in Lovejoy, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.4% of Lovejoy's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Lovejoy is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lovejoy who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.72%), sales jobs (11.76%), and management occupations (8.13%).

One downside of living in Lovejoy is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Lovejoy, the average commute to work is 34.49 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Lovejoy is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Lovejoy isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.94% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Lovejoy is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Lovejoy Information and Demographics

The population of Lovejoy has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.81% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Lovejoy in 2000 was $14,642, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $58,568 for a family of four.

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

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