Dock Junction vs Jekyll Island

A side-by-side comparison of Dock Junction and Jekyll Island: population, income, housing, and more.

Dock Junction and Jekyll Island are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dock Junction has the higher population (8,786 vs 1,078 in Jekyll Island). Jekyll Island has the higher median household income ($76,445 vs $48,600 in Dock Junction). Jekyll Island has the higher median home value ($522,100 vs $140,300 in Dock Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Dock Junction	Jekyll Island
Population	8,786	1,078
Median age	37.3 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,600	$76,445
Median home value	$140,300	$522,100
Median gross rent	$1,068	$1,467
Housing units	3,889	1,434
Homeownership rate	49.4%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	48.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dock Junction	Jekyll Island
Population	7,454 → 8,786 (+17.9%)	1,116 → 1,078 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$43,994 → $48,600 (+10.5%)	$59,820 → $76,445 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $140,300 (+31.6%)	$421,400 → $522,100 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $1,068 (+25.5%)	$1,142 → $1,467 (+28.5%)

Dock Junction

Population

7,4548,786

Median household income

$43,994$48,600

Median home value

$106,600$140,300

Median gross rent

$851$1,068

Jekyll Island

Population

1,1161,078

Median household income

$59,820$76,445

Median home value

$421,400$522,100

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,467

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dock Junction	Jekyll Island
Under 5	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	15.0%	7.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	25.6%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	20.0%
75 and over	8.4%	24.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dock Junction	Jekyll Island
White (non-Hispanic)	45.2%	90.6%
Black or African American	24.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.9%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dock Junction	Jekyll Island
No high school diploma	14.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.4%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dock Junction	Jekyll Island
Drove alone	71.0%	85.5%
Carpooled	20.1%	0.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	14.5%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dock Junction	Jekyll Island
1-unit, detached	56.4%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	34.5%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dock Junction	Jekyll Island
Poverty rate	31.2%	7.4%
Average household size	2.66	1.64
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1979	1967