Georgia · Census place 1347616

Lovejoy, Georgia

Lovejoy is a city in Clayton County, Georgia with an estimated 12,612 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 88th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,612
#88 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+22.8%
+2,341 people
Land area
2.9 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
4,334 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Lovejoy. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Lovejoy population, 2020 to 2024

Lovejoy added 2,341 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +22.8%. In the latest year it moved by +520. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 12th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Lovejoy is 78% of it.

10.3k202010.9k202111.6k202212.1k202312.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,113. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lovejoy covers 2.91 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 4,334 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Lovejoy is denser than the typical town.

What county Lovejoy is in

All of Lovejoy's residents live in Clayton County, which had 297,703 residents in 2024. Lovejoy holds 4.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lovejoy

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lovejoy by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30228, 30250. 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 Lovejoy is

The Census internal point of Lovejoy is at 33.443700, -84.318900. Atlanta, the capital, is 21.5 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Stockbridge, GA (35,893 people), 7.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Fulton, GA, 20.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.443700, -84.318900
DMS
33°26'37.32"N 84°19'8.04"W
UTM
16N 749232.1E 3703692.5N
Geohash
djun320ze
Plus code
865QCMVJ+FC

Daylight in Lovejoy

At 33.44° N, Lovejoy gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lovejoy

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Hampton, 4.7 miles away, with 9,201 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lovejoy, GA?

12,612 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,341 (22.8%) from 10,271 in July 2020.

What county is Lovejoy in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lovejoy?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 30228, 30250.

How far is Lovejoy from Atlanta?

21.5 miles (34.5 km) in a straight line, heading N from Lovejoy.

What is the nearest larger city to Lovejoy?

Stockbridge, GA, with 35,893 residents, 7.7 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.