Dallas is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 14,985 people and 19 associated neighborhoods, Dallas is the 85th largest community in Georgia. Much of the housing stock in Dallas was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Dallas economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Dallas, where the median household income is $73,387.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dallas is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dallas is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Dallas who work in office and administrative support (15.10%), management occupations (10.67%), and sales jobs (9.75%). Also of interest is that Dallas 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: 12.52% 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 Dallas, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.48 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Dallas is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Dallas are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.61% of adults in Dallas having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Dallas in 2022 was $29,620, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,480 for a family of four. However, Dallas contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dallas is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dallas home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dallas residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Dallas also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.13% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dallas include English, Irish, German, French, and African. The most common language spoken in Dallas is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
