Bemiss vs Dasher

A side-by-side comparison of Bemiss and Dasher: population, income, housing, and more.

Bemiss and Dasher are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bemiss has the higher population (8,464 vs 1,212 in Dasher). Bemiss has the higher median household income ($84,886 vs $65,404 in Dasher). Bemiss has the higher median home value ($196,500 vs $185,700 in Dasher).

Population, income & housing

	Bemiss	Dasher
Population	8,464	1,212
Median age	29.7 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,886	$65,404
Median home value	$196,500	$185,700
Median gross rent	$1,408	$942
Housing units	3,093	441
Homeownership rate	73.9%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bemiss	Dasher
Population	8,793 → 8,464 (-3.7%)	937 → 1,212 (+29.3%)
Median household income	$71,974 → $84,886 (+17.9%)	$53,516 → $65,404 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$154,100 → $196,500 (+27.5%)	$124,700 → $185,700 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,140 → $1,408 (+23.5%)	$781 → $942 (+20.6%)

Bemiss

Population

8,7938,464

Median household income

$71,974$84,886

Median home value

$154,100$196,500

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,408

Dasher

Population

9371,212

Median household income

$53,516$65,404

Median home value

$124,700$185,700

Median gross rent

$781$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bemiss	Dasher
Under 5	9.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	23.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	10.1%
25 to 34	17.8%	5.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	21.2%
45 to 54	7.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.6%
75 and over	3.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bemiss	Dasher
White (non-Hispanic)	57.2%	67.7%
Black or African American	27.0%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	26.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bemiss	Dasher
No high school diploma	2.9%	28.3%
High school graduate	24.6%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bemiss	Dasher
Drove alone	90.4%	83.1%
Carpooled	3.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	5.2%
Other means	0.8%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bemiss	Dasher
1-unit, detached	92.7%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Bemiss	Dasher
Poverty rate	14.5%	7.2%
Average household size	2.92	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	2001	1989