About Dry Branch

Dry Branch is a very small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 3,258 people and just one neighborhood, Dry Branch is the 214th largest community in Georgia.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Dry Branch is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.2% of the Dry Branch workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Dry Branch is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dry Branch who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.69%), sales jobs (14.30%), and food service (6.48%).

Dry Branch is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Dry Branch isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.67% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Dry Branch 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.

Dry Branch Information and Demographics

Dry Branch ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.37% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Dry Branch in 2000 was $13,799, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $55,196 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Dry Branch is English.