McDonough, Georgia

McDonough population, 2020 to 2024

McDonough added 3,447 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.7%. In the latest year it moved by +600. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 39th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so McDonough is 2.0 times that size.

McDonough covers 13.38 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 2,452 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so McDonough is denser than the typical town.

What county McDonough is in

All of McDonough's residents live in Henry County, which had 259,315 residents in 2024. McDonough holds 12.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in McDonough

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap McDonough by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30252, 30253. 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 McDonough is

The Census internal point of McDonough is at 33.442200, -84.151000. Atlanta, the capital, is 25.2 miles NNW 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 Atlanta, GA, 27.1 miles away.

Daylight in McDonough

At 33.44° N, McDonough 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 McDonough

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Locust Grove, 7.1 miles away, with 11,749 people.