Redan is a city of 31,017 people in Georgia. There are 3,835 people per square mile. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $233,900. The average commute runs 34 minutes. Households here earn about 16% less than in Georgia as a whole. 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $65,227, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.3
US median: 38.9
Average education
31% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Redan
What changed most since 1990
Black share56.6% → 87.7%(+31.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
White share37.9% → 3.3%(−34.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants73.5% → 63.8%(−9.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Redan's population equals 4.1% of DeKalb County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 2.8% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 2.8% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)13.7%(175)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)41.1%(523)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era24.8%(316)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.1%(65)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,273 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Redan, decade by decade
Redan population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
24,376
$100,328
$197,526
33.7%
66.8
2000
33,841
$93,932
$187,995
29.7%
21.9
2010
33,015
$66,616
$191,042
23.8%
17.4
2020
31,749
$63,637
$153,687
28.4%
25.6
2024
31,017
$65,227
$233,900
31.3%
28.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
