Dawson vs Parrott

A side-by-side comparison of Dawson and Parrott: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dawson has the higher population (4,292 vs 90 in Parrott). Parrott has the higher median household income ($76,607 vs $29,046 in Dawson). Parrott has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $94,800 in Dawson).

Population, income & housing

	Dawson	Parrott
Population	4,292	90
Median age	39.0 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$29,046	$76,607
Median home value	$94,800	$156,300
Median gross rent	$728	—
Housing units	2,187	68
Homeownership rate	31.9%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	43.4%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dawson	Parrott
Population	4,225 → 4,292 (+1.6%)	131 → 90 (-31.3%)
Median household income	$31,272 → $29,046 (-7.1%)	$33,750 → $76,607 (+127.0%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $94,800 (+5.7%)	$48,800 → $156,300 (+220.3%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $728 (+14.6%)	—

Dawson

Population

4,2254,292

Median household income

$31,272$29,046

Median home value

$89,700$94,800

Median gross rent

$635$728

Parrott

Population

13190

Median household income

$33,750$76,607

Median home value

$48,800$156,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dawson	Parrott
Under 5	5.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	21.1%	2.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	2.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	7.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	35.6%
75 and over	7.2%	27.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dawson	Parrott
White (non-Hispanic)	15.2%	80.0%
Black or African American	84.7%	20.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dawson	Parrott
No high school diploma	23.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	39.0%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dawson	Parrott
Drove alone	65.1%	93.8%
Carpooled	21.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dawson	Parrott
1-unit, detached	76.4%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Dawson	Parrott
Poverty rate	51.1%	8.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1970	1938