Dahlonega is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 3,705 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Dahlonega is the 202nd largest community in Georgia.

Dahlonega is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Dahlonega is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dahlonega who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.00%), sales jobs (14.82%), and teaching (11.46%).

There are many members of the armed forces living in Dahlonega. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.

Dahlonega is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Dahlonega area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Dahlonega maintain a good economy.

Dahlonega 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.

Dahlonega Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Dahlonega is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.45% of adults in Dahlonega have a college degree.

The per capita income in Dahlonega in 2000 was $16,572, 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 $66,288 for a family of four.

The people who call Dahlonega home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Dahlonega is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dahlonega include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Dahlonega is English. Some people also speak Spanish.