City safety & data profile

DublinGA

Dublin, GA is a 16K-resident city in Laurens County with a median household income of $42,988.

Laurens County, Georgia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Dublin, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Dublin has a population larger than 32% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $181,300, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

16K
Population (place)
Bottom 33%
By size
$42,988
Median income (place)
$181,300
Median home (place)
36.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Dublin

Dublin posts a median household income higher than 3% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Dublin area.

Bottom 4%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Dublin

Where Dublin income ranks nationally

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

$42,988 Bottom 3% higher than 3% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Dublin $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 Dublin, GA beyond the headline numbers

Dublin sits inside Laurens County, Georgia, at roughly 32.54°N, -82.90°W. Population 16,197, $42,988 median household income. Median home value $181,300, median rent $847. Poverty rate 36.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Dublin, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

36.3% of Dublin, GA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Dublin runs about 4.2 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 6.6% of Dublin workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 6.3% in Dublin, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

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

Dublin's median age is 34.5 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Dublin 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)
16,197
Dublin · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$42,988
-52% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$181,300
-56% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Laurens County): Dublin'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
50K+3%
Median Income
$55,010+58%
Median Home Value
$154,500+81%
Poverty Rate
22.6%-9%
Unemployment
5.2%-27%

Economics

Economics indicators for Dublin, GA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$847/mo
Poverty Rate
36.3% +193% vs avg
Unemployment 7.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 20.2%
Work From Home 6.6%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 28.8%
African American 64.2%
Asian 3%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
50.5%
Obesity
47.7%
Short Sleep Duration
43.1%
Physical Inactivity
39.5%
Diabetes
20.3%
Current Smoking
20.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
18%
Lack of Health Insurance
16.5%
Current Asthma
11.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 47.9%
Annual Checkup 82%

Other Measures

Binge Drinking
11.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
9.4%
Stroke
6.3%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
1
★★★
0
★★
0
0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
FAIRVIEW PARK HOSPITAL
DUBLIN · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Dublin?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet GA-DUBLIN-GA · Dublin

Dublin: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Dublin, GA?
Dublin, GA has a population of 16,197 people, located in Laurens County, Georgia.
What is the median household income in Dublin?
The median household income in Dublin, GA is $42,988 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 36.3%.
What is the median home value in Dublin?
The median home value in Dublin, GA is $181,300. Median rent is $847/month.
What are the top health concerns in Dublin?
The top health indicators in Dublin include High Blood Pressure (50.5%), Obesity (47.7%), Short Sleep Duration (43.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Dublin?
Dublin has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Dublin?
The median age in Dublin, GA is 34.5 years. 20.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside GA (36.3% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside GA ($42,988 here).

Compare Dublin 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

Using Dublin'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 Dublin 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 Dublin 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 (Laurens 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.