Dawson vs Sasser

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

Dawson and Sasser 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 267 in Sasser). Dawson has the higher median household income ($29,046 vs $27,169 in Sasser). Sasser has the higher median home value ($106,700 vs $94,800 in Dawson).

Population, income & housing

	Dawson	Sasser
Population	4,292	267
Median age	39.0 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$29,046	$27,169
Median home value	$94,800	$106,700
Median gross rent	$728	$483
Housing units	2,187	169
Homeownership rate	31.9%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	15.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dawson	Sasser
Population	4,225 → 4,292 (+1.6%)	305 → 267 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$31,272 → $29,046 (-7.1%)	$34,167 → $27,169 (-20.5%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $94,800 (+5.7%)	$112,500 → $106,700 (-5.2%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $728 (+14.6%)	$920 → $483 (-47.5%)

Dawson

Population

4,2254,292

Median household income

$31,272$29,046

Median home value

$89,700$94,800

Median gross rent

$635$728

Sasser

Population

305267

Median household income

$34,167$27,169

Median home value

$112,500$106,700

Median gross rent

$920$483

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dawson	Sasser
Under 5	5.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	3.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	5.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	4.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	16.1%
75 and over	7.2%	22.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dawson	Sasser
White (non-Hispanic)	15.2%	58.1%
Black or African American	84.7%	40.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dawson	Sasser
No high school diploma	23.3%	14.4%
High school graduate	39.0%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dawson	Sasser
Drove alone	65.1%	80.3%
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%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	8.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dawson	Sasser
1-unit, detached	76.4%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Dawson	Sasser
Poverty rate	51.1%	15.4%
Average household size	2.54	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1970	1965