| ECONOMY | Dahlonega | Lake Worth | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.00% | 10.10% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 2.63% | -0.77% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 36.26% | 28.36% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.00% | 6.50% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 6.00% | 0.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $17,915 | $16,500 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $36,680 | $34,467 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 19.65% | 17.91% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 14.74% | 16.57% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 13.73% | 16.18% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 15.55% | 18.38% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 18.14% | 17.55% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 9.45% | 6.65% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 5.73% | 4.75% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 2.20% | 1.42% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.69% | 0.53% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 8.58% | 7.99% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 19.87% | 14.73% | 20.61% |
| Service | 16.94% | 24.98% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 28.40% | 22.62% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.61% | 2.37% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 10.63% | 17.14% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 14.97% | 10.17% | 14.05% |
