Dawsonville is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 4,489 people and six associated neighborhoods, Dawsonville is the 184th largest community in Georgia. Dawsonville has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Dawsonville, where the median household income is $79,479.00.

Also of interest is that Dawsonville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Dawsonville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.85% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

One downside of living in Dawsonville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.47 minutes every day commuting to work.

In terms of college education, Dawsonville is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.16% of adults in Dawsonville have a college degree.

The per capita income in Dawsonville in 2018 was $31,568, 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 $126,272 for a family of four. However, Dawsonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Dawsonville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dawsonville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Dawsonville include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Dawsonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Polish.