Douglas
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Outdoors in Douglas
Parks & trails →Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1938
Tobacco sharecropper's home near Douglas, Georgia, 1938
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Landmark of the day
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63rd Army Air Forces Contract Pilot School (Primary)
The 63rd Army Air Forces Contract Pilot School is located at the Douglas Municipal Airport in Coffee County, Georgia.
About Douglas
City in Georgia, United StatesDouglas is a city in and the county seat of Coffee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 11,722. Douglas is the core city of the Douglas micropolitan statistical area, which had a population of 50,731 as of the 2010 census.
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How Douglas ranks
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Housing in Douglas
The typical Douglas home is worth about $182,000, up 2.8% in a year, 45% below the Georgia typical home.
Only 2 sales in May 2026, too few for a market read. The typical value is the steadier guide.
Safety in Douglas
Not graded
A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Douglas's police department reported only 2023 and 2025, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Work & commute in Douglas
Full picture →47% of Douglas’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Valdosta (2%), Waycross (2%) and Jacksonville (1%). Half commute less than 4 miles.
Health in Douglas
Health Grade D−
Healthier than 3% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 24% of towns with similar incomes.
Compared with Georgia
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 10 are too close to call.
What stands out
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Natural hazards in Douglas
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 18% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Douglas
Full climate →Douglas has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 92°, a January night drops to 39°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Schools in Douglas
All Douglas schools →School Grade B-
The public schools Douglas’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 51% of Georgia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within GA. Ratings are from neighbors.
Douglas is a college town
Colleges →of Douglas’s residents are enrolled in college. South Georgia State College has about 1,150 students on campus.
Douglas’s library
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Where Douglas is
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