Georgia · Census place 1316544

Clarkston, Georgia

Clarkston is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia with an estimated 14,416 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 85th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,416
#85 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
-2.2%
-317 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
7,792 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Clarkston. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Clarkston population, 2020 to 2024

Clarkston lost 317 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -73. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 131st; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Clarkston is 89% of it.

14.7k202014.6k202114.6k202214.5k202314.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 14,756. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Clarkston covers 1.85 square miles of land, for 7,792 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Clarkston is denser than the typical town.

What county Clarkston is in

All of Clarkston's residents live in DeKalb County, which had 770,307 residents in 2024. Clarkston holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clarkston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clarkston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30021. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Clarkston is

The Census internal point of Clarkston is at 33.813500, -84.241800. Atlanta, the capital, is 9.5 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tucker, GA (37,224 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 10.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.813500, -84.241800
DMS
33°48'48.60"N 84°14'30.48"W
UTM
16N 755306.9E 3744898.9N
Geohash
dnh0758cz
Plus code
865QRQ75+C7

Daylight in Clarkston

At 33.81° N, Clarkston gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clarkston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Tucker, 3.2 miles away, with 37,224 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Clarkston, GA?

14,416 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 317 (2.2%) from 14,733 in July 2020.

What county is Clarkston in?

DeKalb County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Clarkston?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30021.

How far is Clarkston from Atlanta?

9.5 miles (15.3 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Clarkston.

What is the nearest larger city to Clarkston?

Tucker, GA, with 37,224 residents, 3.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.