Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety51#7,636/15,637
Economy40#9,364/15,631
Housing38#9,254/14,977
Health53#7,300/15,609
Healthcare11#13,978/15,650
Environment30#10,790/15,453
Education39#9,617/15,649
Infrastructure18#12,830/15,650
Community12#13,715/15,651
Leisure & amenities3#15,120/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Dallas, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Paulding County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

New homes permitted · high29.5 /1k
98/100Georgia 5.5 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
New business applications · high20.1 /1k
91/100Georgia 22.5 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauPaulding County value
Job growth · high2.3%
90/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataPaulding County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Georgia 8.2United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationPaulding County value
Child care cost burden · low22.3%
87/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePaulding County value
Voter turnout · high75.1%
86/100Georgia 67.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionPaulding County value

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low12 /100k
1/100Georgia 67 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePaulding County value
Dentists · low18 /100k
4/100Georgia 54 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePaulding County value
Restaurants and bars · low3.6 /10k
4/100Georgia 8.5 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPaulding County value
Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
4/100Georgia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPaulding County value
Social associations · low4.4 /10k
4/100Georgia 8.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePaulding County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,423 /100k
5/100Georgia 3,147 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePaulding County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
13,321 (2015-2019) → 14,714 (2020-2024)
+10%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
11.7 /1k (2021) → 29.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+153%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$43,209 (2015-2019) → $75,545 (2020-2024)
+75%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.7% (2015-2019) → 92.2% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
13.0% (2015-2019) → 23.4% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
High school diploma or higherImproving
83.7% (2015-2019) → 91.7% (2020-2024)
+8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Dallas, Georgia improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Household income+75%$43,209 → $75,545
Bachelor's++10 points13.0% → 23.4%
Broadband+15 points77.7% → 92.2%

Declined1

Commute+10.6 min30.5 min → 41.1 min

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Dallas, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	30.5 min2015-2019	41.1 min2020-2024	+10.6 min	Declined	2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%2015-2019	23.4%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	91%
Broadband subscriptions	77.7%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	78%
Child poverty rate	22.4%2015-2019	20.9%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Effective property tax rate	0.79%2015-2019	0.85%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	9%
High school diploma or higher	83.7%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+8 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Home price to income ratio	3.6×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4072015-2019	0.3792020-2024	−0.028	Within the margin of error	73%
Median household income	$43,2092015-2019	$75,5452020-2024	+75%	Improved	96%
Poverty rate	15.7%2015-2019	16.3%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	33.7%2015-2019	31.8%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Rent-burdened households	60.1%2015-2019	55.8%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.9%2015-2019	21.1%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	24%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Dallas, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Dallas, Georgia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Dallas, Georgia itself moved +13.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

14,714 residents (±32)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39
20–29†
10–19
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 men (+5.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

14,714 residents (±32)

Dallas, Georgia
Georgia share

White39%5,778
Black40%5,875
Hispanic or Latino15%†2,166

Education

9,638 residents (±536)

Dallas, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma8.3%†803
High school or GED34%3,245
Some college28%2,662

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

5,213 households (±376)

Dallas, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k15%†771
$25k–50k19%†968
$50k–75k15%†765
$75k–100k28%1,455
$100k–150k13%†694
$150k–200k8.4%†437
$200k or more2.4%†123

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (+18.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

5,213 households (±376)

Dallas, Georgia
Georgia share

Own58%3,004
Rent42%2,209

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+17.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

2,117 households (±359)

Dallas, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $75019%†401
$750–1,0001.8%†39
$1,000–1,50030%†629

Home values

3,004 homes (±396)

Dallas, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k17%†512
$150k–250k33%†980
$250k–400k45%1,359

Age of homes

5,775 homes (±450)

Dallas, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later16%†922
2000–200943%2,507
1980–199924%1,378

Size of homes

5,775 homes (±450)

Dallas, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio0.6%†32
1 bedroom6.7%†388
2 bedrooms28%1,607

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

6,591 workers (±572)

Dallas, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone75%4,930
Carpool10%†666
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.5%†100
Bike0.0%0
Work from home13%†831
Other1.0%†64

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−15.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

5,760 workers (±568)

Dallas, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min14%†815
15–29 min21%1,232
30–44 min18%†1,041

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Paulding County, the county holding most of Dallas's residents.

Paulding County has 2,423 employer establishments, 132 for every 10,000 residents (0.53× the US rate of 248; 0.56× Georgia's), with 23,321 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,578. The Census Bureau also counts 19,966 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,423; 19,966 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 132; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 23,321
Average annual pay: $42,578; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Paulding County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	300	16.4	1.06×About typical	1,893	$59,801	1,679
Ambulatory health care services	183	10	0.48×Fewer than typical	1,570	$62,920	789
Restaurants and other eating places	176	9.6	0.52×Fewer than typical	4,180	$19,292	91
Building equipment contractors	149	8.1	1.35×More than typical	1,164	$61,846	370
Services to buildings and dwellings	115	6.3	0.93×About typical	607	$42,300	1,456
Lessors of real estate	112	6.1	0.50×Fewer than typical	304	$51,845	1,043
Construction of buildings	111	6.1	0.80×About typical	260	$57,000	728
Limited-service restaurants	87	4.8	0.59×Fewer than typical	2,066	$16,227	35
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	76	4.2	1.26×More than typical	648	$69,168	186
Automotive repair and maintenance	73	4	0.79×Fewer than typical	357	$47,782	365
Building finishing contractors	72	3.9	1.04×About typical	337	$52,953	527
Full-service restaurants	72	3.9	0.51×Fewer than typical	1,848	$23,179	38

Rank places for an industry Open Paulding County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 182,888 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $225.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Dallas, Georgia: $15.33 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $225.5K; −18% vs FY2025
Per resident: $15.33; US $1,994
Sole-source: 12%; US 30%
Single offer: 42%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$194.2K86%
Department of Veterans Affairs$25.5K11%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$3,6841.6%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$1,9890.9%
Internal Revenue Service$1620.1%

Top recipients

TOP FLIGHT AEROSTRUCTURES, INC.$151.3K67%
KIT PACK, LLC$37.8K17%
FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE LLC$25.5K11%
DERCO AEROSPACE, INC.$4,3661.9%
HURRICANE CREEK K9 LLC$3,6841.6%

Spending by fiscal year

49.2KFY2017
129.1KFY2018
146KFY2019
101.5KFY2020
101.8KFY2021
113.5KFY2022
94.3KFY2023
266.6K

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$194.2K86%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$23.7K11%
Other animal production · 1129$3,6841.6%
Business support services · 5614$2,1511.0%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$1,7570.8%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Dallas, Georgia, so they do not add up across cities.

Dallas, Georgia's figures are part of those of Paulding County, GA ($7.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.8% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Dallas is mostly in Paulding County.

See federal money in Paulding County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Dallas, Georgia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Clay FullerR-GA-14 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Paulding County52100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA57

Other cities and towns in Paulding County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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