About Dallas

Dallas is a somewhat small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 17,601 people and just one neighborhood, Dallas is the 51st largest community in Georgia.

Dallas is a blue-collar town, with 35.1% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Dallas is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Dallas who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.17%), sales jobs (10.67%), and management occupations (8.07%).

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.

In Dallas, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.20 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

For most residents of Dallas, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 98.6% of people in Dallas drive alone to work on most days, making Dallas a very car-oriented town. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Dallas's landscape.

Dallas is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Dallas Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Dallas with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 11.56% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Dallas in 2000 was $18,012, 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 $72,048 for a family of four.

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

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