Georgia · Census place 1373816

Stone Mountain, Georgia

Stone Mountain is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia with an estimated 6,552 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 123rd largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,552
#123 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
-2.1%
-141 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
Density
3,971 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Stone Mountain. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Stone Mountain population, 2020 to 2024

Stone Mountain lost 141 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -39. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 129th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Stone Mountain is 40% of it.

6,69320206,62520216,63220226,59120236,5522024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,701. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Stone Mountain covers 1.65 square miles of land, for 3,971 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Stone Mountain is denser than the typical town.

What county Stone Mountain is in

All of Stone Mountain's residents live in DeKalb County, which had 770,307 residents in 2024. Stone Mountain holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Stone Mountain

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Stone Mountain by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30083. 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 Stone Mountain is

The Census internal point of Stone Mountain is at 33.804200, -84.171400. Atlanta, the capital, is 13.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tucker, GA (37,224 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 14.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.804200, -84.171400
DMS
33°48'15.12"N 84°10'17.04"W
UTM
16N 761853.7E 3744044.3N
Geohash
dnh0k9u78
Plus code
865QRR3H+MC

Daylight in Stone Mountain

At 33.80° N, Stone Mountain 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 Stone Mountain

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Tucker, 3.3 miles away, with 37,224 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Stone Mountain, GA?

6,552 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 141 (2.1%) from 6,693 in July 2020.

What county is Stone Mountain in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Stone Mountain?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30083.

How far is Stone Mountain from Atlanta?

13.0 miles (20.9 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Stone Mountain.

What is the nearest larger city to Stone Mountain?

Tucker, GA, with 37,224 residents, 3.4 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.