City safety & data profile

DallasGA

Dallas, GA is a 13K-resident city in Paulding County with a median household income of $75,545.

Paulding County, Georgia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Dallas, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Dallas has a population larger than 17% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $251,800.

Data updated 2026-09-03

13K
Population (place)
Bottom 18%
By size
$75,545
Median income (place)
$251,800
Median home (place)
16.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Dallas

Dallas posts a median household income higher than 44% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 45%
by median income, US cities

Where Dallas income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$75,545 Bottom 44% higher than 44% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Dallas $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in GA

Population among 99 GA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Atlanta is the largest GA city on this list; Milton leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in GA

Median household income among the same 99-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Milton posts the highest place-level median income in GA; Atlanta is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Dallas, GA beyond the headline numbers

Dallas sits inside Paulding County, Georgia, at roughly 33.92°N, -84.84°W. Population 12,870, $75,545 median household income. Median home value $251,800, median rent $1,492. Poverty rate 16.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Dallas, GA stands at 16.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Dallas costs roughly 3.3 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

12.6% of Dallas workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 44.3% in Dallas, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Dallas workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Dallas's median age is 34 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Dallas from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
12,870
Dallas · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$75,545
-16% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$251,800
-39% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Paulding County): Dallas's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
179K+24%
Median Income
$98,031+59%
Median Home Value
$326,300+141%
Poverty Rate
6.6%-42%
Unemployment
4.5%-58%

Economics

Economics indicators for Dallas, GA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,492/mo
Poverty Rate
16.3% +31% vs avg
Unemployment 8.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 23.4%
Work From Home 12.6%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 41.8%
African American 41.2%
Asian 1%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
44.3%
Obesity
40.8%
High Blood Pressure
36.7%
Physical Inactivity
26.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.8%
Binge Drinking
14.7%
Current Smoking
14.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.5%
Diabetes
12.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 56.8%
Annual Checkup 77.9%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.4%
Stroke
3.4%

What alerts and safety updates affect Dallas?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Dallas right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet GA-DALLAS-GA · Dallas

Dallas: 18 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 18 on record
  • WX-LED 89% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA · EPA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ El Paso

Tagged alert mix: Dallas

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 18 tagged notices on record for Dallas.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: El Paso, TX (16 tagged · Δ2)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Dallas; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Georgia state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (18 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts Victoria, TX 13 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Dallas, GA? ▼
Dallas, GA has a population of 12,870 people, located in Paulding County, Georgia.
What is the median household income in Dallas? ▼
The median household income in Dallas, GA is $75,545 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 16.3%.
What is the median home value in Dallas? ▼
The median home value in Dallas, GA is $251,800. Median rent is $1,492/month.
What are the top health concerns in Dallas? ▼
The top health indicators in Dallas include Short Sleep Duration (44.3%), Obesity (40.8%), High Blood Pressure (36.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Dallas? ▼
The median age in Dallas, GA is 34 years. 23.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Dallas, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside GA (16.3% here).

Bakersfield, CA 16.3% Gastonia, NC 16.3% Fort Myers, FL 16.3% Houma, LA 16.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside GA ($75,545 here).

Asbury Park, NJ $75,544 Evans, CO $75,563 Lansing, IL $75,569 Taylor, TX $75,508

Compare Dallas with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Powder Springs, GA 15K Douglasville, GA 33K Villa Rica, GA 15K Acworth, GA 22K Lithia Springs, GA 15K Cartersville, GA 20K Kennesaw, GA 34K Mableton, GA 37K
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Using Dallas's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Dallas area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Dallas against Georgia peers on any ranking lens. Explore Georgia

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Paulding County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.