Dock Junction vs St. Simons

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

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

St. Simons has the higher population (16,026 vs 8,786 in Dock Junction). St. Simons has the higher median household income ($105,944 vs $48,600 in Dock Junction). St. Simons has the higher median home value ($484,100 vs $140,300 in Dock Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Dock Junction	St. Simons
Population	8,786	16,026
Median age	37.3 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,600	$105,944
Median home value	$140,300	$484,100
Median gross rent	$1,068	$1,626
Housing units	3,889	11,243
Homeownership rate	49.4%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dock Junction	St. Simons
Population	7,454 → 8,786 (+17.9%)	14,778 → 16,026 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$43,994 → $48,600 (+10.5%)	$87,248 → $105,944 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $140,300 (+31.6%)	$371,800 → $484,100 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $1,068 (+25.5%)	$1,309 → $1,626 (+24.2%)

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

St. Simons

Population

14,77816,026

Median household income

$87,248$105,944

Median home value

$371,800$484,100

Median gross rent

$1,309$1,626

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dock Junction	St. Simons
Under 5	6.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.4%	9.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.0%
25 to 34	15.5%	7.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	9.9%	17.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	23.7%
75 and over	8.4%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dock Junction	St. Simons
White (non-Hispanic)	45.2%	92.4%
Black or African American	24.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	2.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dock Junction	St. Simons
No high school diploma	14.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	46.4%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dock Junction	St. Simons
Drove alone	71.0%	74.0%
Carpooled	20.1%	4.6%
Public transit	1.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	17.1%
Other means	3.7%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dock Junction	St. Simons
1-unit, detached	56.4%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	14.1%
20 or more units	0.2%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Dock Junction	St. Simons
Poverty rate	31.2%	4.3%
Average household size	2.66	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1979	1988