Dawsonville is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 4,489 people and six associated neighborhoods, Dawsonville is the 184th largest community in Georgia. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Dawsonville, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Dawsonville, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Dawsonville’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Dawsonville does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $79,479.00.Dawsonville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Dawsonville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dawsonville who work in sales jobs (19.54%), teaching (15.07%), and management occupations (8.95%). Also of interest is that Dawsonville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.85% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Dawsonville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.47 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The overall education level of Dawsonville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.16% of adults in Dawsonville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Dawsonville in 2022 was $31,568, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,272 for a family of four. However, Dawsonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Dawsonville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dawsonville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Dawsonville include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Dawsonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Polish.
