About Shady Dale

Shady Dale is a tiny town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 254 people and just one neighborhood, Shady Dale is the 449th largest community in Georgia.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Shady Dale is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 53.8% of the Shady Dale workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Shady Dale is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Shady Dale who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.29%), sales jobs (12.09%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (8.79%).

One downside of living in Shady Dale is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Shady Dale, the average commute to work is 34.11 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Shady Dale doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Shady Dale Information and Demographics

The population of Shady Dale has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.33% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Shady Dale in 2000 was $10,791, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $43,164 for a family of four.

Shady Dale is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Shady Dale home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Shady Dale is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Shady Dale include Irish and Welsh.

The most common language spoken in Shady Dale is English.