Lithia Springs is a medium-sized town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 16,644 people and four associated neighborhoods, Lithia Springs is the 67th largest community in Georgia.
Also of interest is that Lithia Springs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.15% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Lithia Springs is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Lithia Springs enrolled in college, Lithia Springs has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
One downside of living in Lithia Springs, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.32 minutes every day commuting to work.
The percentage of people in Lithia Springs who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.27% of adults in Lithia Springs have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Lithia Springs in 2022 was $26,844, 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 $107,376 for a family of four. However, Lithia Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lithia Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lithia Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lithia Springs residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Lithia Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.03% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lithia Springs include Haitian, English, Irish, African, and German.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Lithia Springs's cultural character, accounting for 21.21% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Lithia Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.