Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Lithonia earns a D, 188th among Georgia's 258 graded towns, mostly because of health and schools. Residents are less healthy than 88% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its schools rank behind 83% of the state's. What it does well: natural-hazard risk is low. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 91% of U.S. towns, with 3 places on the National Register. Lithonia’s average trip to work is 42 minutes, above both the Georgia town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On walkability, just 9 of Georgia’s 371 towns do better. Lithonia has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Bond Family House and Lithonia Historic District.
Where Lithonia beats most towns.
Seminary, The1,924 counted in 2010 and 2,662 in 2020; an estimated 2,608 in 2025.
Since 2020 the trend has turned: down 2%, after 38.4% growth in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Lithonia is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D for health (better than 12%), so the D overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 266 in 1880, 2,662 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 5 maps from 1956 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lithonia. Close and well known come first.
Big draw7 mi MountainStone Mountain
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaMercedes-Benz Stadium
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaState Farm Arena
17 mi Zoo & aquariumGeorgia Aquarium
Big draw26 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Georgia
24 mi Stadium & arenaTruist ParkStone Mountain: KyleAndMelissa22, Public domain · Mercedes-Benz Stadium: Atlanta Falcons, CC BY 3.0 · State Farm Arena: Hermann Luyken, CC0 · Georgia Aquarium: Diliff, CC BY 2.5 · Six Flags Over Georgia: hagerman, CC BY 2.0 · Truist Park: Thechased at English Wikipedia, CC BY 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lithonia, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Lithonia.
Lithonia has homes that are cheap against local pay and is mostly renters, but it has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
The FEMA risk score in Lithonia is 3 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the DeKalb County school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lithonia Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,062 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
44% of adults feel lonely in Lithonia. Lithonia beats the Georgia average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 18. 28% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Lithonia.
| Lithonia | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 22% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Lithonia | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.7% | 7% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.1% | 14.5% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 19.9% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Jobs based here fell from 519 in 2013 to 329. The average commute for its 1,045 working residents takes 42.2 minutes, against 28.3 across Georgia.
Most working residents leave Lithonia for work: only 1% work in town. 20% of Lithonia residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Lithonia has lost 190 jobs, to 329 in 2023.
| Lithonia | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 15% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 9.2% | 8% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lithonia’s property crime rate is 26.2 per 1,000 residents. Within Georgia, it does better than 47% of towns. Lithonia’s violent crime rate is 3.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Lithonia | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 26.2 per 1,000 residents | 18.3 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 3.5 per 1,000 residents | 2.3 | 1.7 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
At 2.7 years of the Atlanta metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home (about $245K) costs less against local pay than in 80% of Georgia towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living. The typical value, about $245K, is 13% below its September 2022 peak.
The typical Lithonia home is worth about $245,000, down 4.4% in a year, 25% below the Georgia typical home.
| Lithonia | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 42% | 58% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,336 a month | $1,152 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lithonia has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 33° and about 1 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
10 within 15 miles of the center of Lithonia
About 1 of every 100 Lithonia residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
Where Lithonia’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
13 notable people were born in Lithonia.
City in Georgia, United States
Lithonia ( lih-THOH-nee-ə, AAVE: ly-) is a city in eastern DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The city's population was 2,662 at the 2020 census. Lithonia is in the Atlanta metropolitan area. "Lithonia" means "city/town of stone". Lithonia is in the heart of the Georgian granite-quarrying and viewing region, hence the name of the town, from the Greek lithos, for “stone”. The huge nearby Stone Mountain is composed of granite, while the Lithonia gneiss is a form of metamorphic rock. The Stone Mountain granite is younger than, and has intruded the Lithonia gneiss. The area has a history of rock quarries. The mines were served by the Georgia Railroad and Atlanta, Stone Mountain & Lithonia R…
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One town shares a border with Lithonia.
| Town | GA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithonia | #188 | D | B− | C | C− | D |
| Stonecrest | #173 | C− | C+ | — | C− | C+ |
Stonecrest reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Lithonia with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Lithonia grades D overall, better than 12% of U.S. towns and #188 of 258 in Georgia. It grades D for health, C for safety and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Within Georgia, it does better than 47% of towns.
That is 2.7 years of the area's median household income ($89,724 across the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
13 notable people were born here, including Trey Thompkins and Robert Dozier.
