PlainZIP

Clarkston, GA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Clarkston, GA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 21,989. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet CLARKSTON-GA · Clarkston, GA 1 ZIPs · 21,989 pop · #20987/25278 · DeKalb County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-RENT · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $52,278
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20987/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Lithonia
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-RENT 25% owners
  • POP-TOWN 21,989
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $275,400

Nearest income peer: Lithonia, GA (+ $15,411 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Clarkston

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Clarkston on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Clarkston, GA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

17th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
21,989
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$52,278
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($52,278 average) · poverty 29.3%. The primary code (30021) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (25.1%) for this income tier, rent $1,346 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Georgia, Crawfordville is the closest lower-income city and Rentz the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Clarkston.

Population concentration

Clarkston's single ZIP 30021 carries the town

Clarkston is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 30021 is the entire residential footprint (21,989 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Clarkston

Citywide ZBP: 239 establishments, 1,886 employees , annual payroll $74,895k (~11 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 30021 (239 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (59) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Clarkston, GA

These ZIP codes sit in DeKalb County, which covers 28 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Clarkston. See the DeKalb County roll-up →

Every one of the 9 cities sharing DeKalb County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Clarkston, Atlanta, Decatur and Stone Mountain among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Atlanta marks the far end of that range at $104,323, 100% above Clarkston.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
30021 21,989 $52,278 239 2,401
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Clarkston roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Clarkston, .