Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety5#874/924
Economy13#802/925
Housing33#623/925
Health7#857/925
Healthcare26#684/923
Environment16#770/917
Education10#831/925
Infrastructure3#895/925
Community11#819/925
Leisure & amenities10#836/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Dublin, GA micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low20.8%
93/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · high31.6%
88/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Home price to income ratio · low2.5×
85/100Georgia 3.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Depression · low21.1%
84/100Georgia 19.3%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
New business applications · high15.0 /1k
78/100Georgia 22.5 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · low0.56%
78/100Georgia 0.79%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Weaknesses

Loneliness · high42.4%
0/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Child poverty rate · high35.7%
2/100Georgia 16.9%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.5 µg/m³
3/100Georgia 9.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.508
4/100Georgia 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Adult obesity · high44.0%
5/100Georgia 39.1%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Poverty rate · high22.8%
5/100Georgia 12.8%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 70% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+70 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
60.6% (2015-2019) → 85.7% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Arts, entertainment and recreationImproving
1.4 /10k (2020) → 2.0 /10k (2025)
+46%5 yearsUS 4.8 /10k → 5.5 /10k
New homes permittedWorsening
0.4 /1k (2021) → 0.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−39%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$39,066 (2015-2019) → $54,207 (2020-2024)
+39%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Suicide rateWorsening
17.0 /100k (2021) → 23.2 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+36%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k

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, Dublin, GA micropolitan area improved on 10 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 8 moved within the margin of error and 8 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Broadband+25 points60.6% → 85.7%
Arts & recreation+46%1.4 /10k → 2.0 /10k
Household income+39%$39,066 → $54,207
Poverty−3.6 points26.5% → 22.8%
Firearm deaths−29%35.9 /100k → 25.4 /100k

Declined3

Suicides+58%14.6 /100k → 23.2 /100k
Overdose deaths+32%11.8 /100k → 15.6 /100k
Pharmacies−17%2.4 /10k → 2.0 /10k

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Dublin, GA micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.4 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+46%	Improved	96%
Average commute time	25.1 min2015-2019	25.0 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	67%
Average weekly wage	$8152020	$1,0282025	+26%	Improved	74%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%2015-2019	17.3%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Improved	46%
Broadband subscriptions	60.6%2015-2019	85.7%2020-2024	+25 points	Improved	100%
Child poverty rate	37.1%2015-2019	35.7%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Distance to an airport	103 mi2020	103 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	16%
Drug overdose deaths	11.8 /100k2020	15.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+32%	Declined	13%
Effective property tax rate	0.90%2015-2019	0.56%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	94%
Firearm deaths	35.9 /100k2020	25.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−29%	Improved	91%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−2.7%	Little change	39%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−2.7%	Little change	33%
High school diploma or higher	82.9%2015-2019	85.2%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	67%
Homicide rate	30.1 /100k2020	12.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−58%	Improved	83%
Income adjusted for local prices	$41,3712019	$54,0052024	+31%	Improved	40%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4932015-2019	0.5082020-2024	+0.015	Within the margin of error	20%
Median household income	$39,0662015-2019	$54,2072020-2024	+39%	Improved	94%
New business applications	15.1 /1k2020	15.0 /1k2025	−0.3%	Little change	5%
Pharmacies	2.4 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−17%	Declined	29%
Poverty rate	26.5%2015-2019	22.8%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Improved	91%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−4.2%	Little change	28%
Rent as share of income	29.1%2015-2019	30.2%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Rent-burdened households	48.3%2015-2019	50.3%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Restaurants and bars	5.8 /10k2020	6.0 /10k2025	+3%	Little change	58%
Suicide rate	14.6 /100k2020	23.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+58%	Declined	6%
Traffic deaths	22.4 /100k2015-2019	22.0 /100k2020-2024	−1.7%	Little change	66%
Unemployment rate	6.6%2020	3.8%2025	−2.8 points	Improved	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.2%2015-2019	14.9%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	55%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Dublin, GA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Dublin, GA micropolitan area 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, Dublin, GA micropolitan area itself moved −1.8 points in standing on average over the same 28 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

58,988 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

21,809 households (±412)

Dublin, GA micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k27%5,849
$25k–50k20%4,418
$50k–75k16%3,549

Homes

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

Owners and renters

21,809 households (±412)

Dublin, GA micropolitan area
United States share

Own66%14,392
Rent34%7,417

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

23,673 workers (±762)

Dublin, GA micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone86%20,307
Carpool8.2%1,938
Public transit0.0%†11

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 no occupation wages for Dublin, GA micropolitan area.

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.

Dublin, GA has 1,229 employer establishments, 207 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248), with 16,572 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,165. The Census Bureau also counts 5,332 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,229; 5,332 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 207; US 248
Paid employees: 16,572
Average annual pay: $48,165; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	131	22.1	1.06×About typical	1,089	$58,647	289
Restaurants and other eating places	94	15.8	0.86×About typical	1,962	$17,858	22
Religious organizations	63	10.6	1.91×More than typical	276	$20,025	—
Specialty trade contractors	62	10.5	0.68×Fewer than typical	683	$53,160	431
Gasoline stations	52	8.8	2.70×More than typical	524	$24,490	7
Offices of physicians	52	8.8	1.35×More than typical	390	$81,664	39
Limited-service restaurants	45	7.6	0.95×About typical	943	$16,839	9
Lessors of real estate	38	6.4	0.52×Fewer than typical	72	$34,611	311
Truck transportation	35	5.9	1.17×About typical	287	$50,000	366
Full-service restaurants	33	5.6	0.72×Fewer than typical	850	$19,295	9
Automotive repair and maintenance	28	4.7	0.94×About typical	146	$38,651	118
Offices of other health practitioners	26	4.4	0.72×Fewer than typical	132	$49,621	77

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 59,320 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $40.6M on contracts performed in Dublin, GA micropolitan area: $672 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $40.6M; −44% vs FY2025
Per resident: $672; US $1,994
Sole-source: 19%; US 30%
Single offer: 15%; 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

Top recipients

GOVSTRIVE LLC$8M20%
HARBOR SERVICES, INC$5.6M14%
BIRMINGHAM INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION, LLC$4.5M11%
VENERGY GROUP LLC$3.9M9.5%
CAREFUSION SOLUTIONS, LLC$3.8M9.4%

Spending by fiscal year

47.6MFY2017
38.4MFY2018
77.3MFY2019
44.6MFY2020
64.8MFY2021
61.6MFY2022
70.4MFY2023
27.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$9.6M24%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$7.8M19%
Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381$5.6M14%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$4.4M11%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$1.4M3.6%

Largest awards

STAFFING AND CLASSIFICATION SUPPORT SERVICES$39.4M
GOVSTRIVE LLC· Laurens County, GA· Professional services· Mar 24, 2021 – Mar 27, 2026· 12318721F0139
RENOVATE 5B NORTH AND EAST FOR SPECIALTY CLINIC$11.5M
BIRMINGHAM INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION, LLC· Laurens County, GA· Construction & real property· Sep 26, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026· 36C24725C0111
HRMSS PERSONNEL SECURITY SUPPORT SERVICES$10.4M
GOVSTRIVE LLC· Laurens County, GA· Professional services· Feb 23, 2021 – Feb 17, 2026· 12318721F0120
HRMSS EXECUTIVE TEAM SUPPORT SERVICES

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $392M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Dublin, GA micropolitan area: $6,495 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $392M; −2.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,495; US $12,955
Loan face value: $13.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 3.5%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$210.7M54%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$55.4M14%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$42.5M11%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$21.3M5.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$18.2M4.6%
10.102 · Emergency Forest Restoration Program$8M2.0%
93.224 · Health Center Program$7.1M1.8%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$3.5M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, INC.$7.4M1.9%
WRIGHTSVILLE, GA
HOUSIN AUTHORITY CITY OF DUBLIN$3.7M0.9%
DUBLIN, GA
DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES$2M0.5%
ATLANTA, GA
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.9M0.5%
ATLANTA, GA
DUBLIN, CITY OF

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$292.7M75%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$61.7M16%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$12.5M3.2%
Department of Agriculture
Health Resources and Services Administration$8.8M2.2%
Department of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

385MFY2021
358MFY2022
362.1MFY2023
374MFY2024
400.8MFY2025
392MFY2026

County aggregates

91%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Dublin, GA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

DublinPrincipal city16,136

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Georgia

Areas based in Georgia, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved10

Declined3

Metro and micro areas like Dublin, GA micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Dublin, GA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Georgia

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved10

Declined3

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought