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Damascus city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Damascus city is a Census city of 272 people across 1.76 square miles of land, in Early County. Median household income is $58,125, 90.2 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Damascus
What Damascus is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.76 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land154 plus or minus 72
- County holding the largest share of its areaEarly County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
How many people live in Damascus
- Population272 plus or minus 127
- Median age54.1 plus or minus 17.6
- Population under 1845 plus or minus 30
- Share under 1816.5 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Population 65 and over106 plus or minus 62
- Share 65 and over39.0 percent plus or minus 13.8
- Households112 plus or minus 56
- Family households84 plus or minus 51
- Share of households that are families75.0 percent plus or minus 25.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
Income and work in Damascus
- Median household income$58,125 plus or minus $30,907
- Per capita income$24,430 plus or minus $5,228
- Civilian labor force108 plus or minus 74
- Employed107 plus or minus 74
- Unemployed1 plus or minus 2
- Unemployment rate0.9 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over202 plus or minus 94
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.1 percent plus or minus 53.7
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.3 percent plus or minus 17.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.0 percent plus or minus 9.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
Housing in Damascus
- Housing units128 plus or minus 58
- Occupied units112 plus or minus 56
- Vacant units16 plus or minus 13
- Vacancy rate12.5 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Owner occupied101 plus or minus 53
- Renter occupied11 plus or minus 10
- Ownership rate90.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$165,600 plus or minus $138,447
- Median gross rent, monthly$900
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.6 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Single family units95 plus or minus 50
- Share single family74.2 percent plus or minus 19.9
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes33 plus or minus 34
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
How Damascus gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute105 plus or minus 74
- Commuting under 15 minutes37 plus or minus 28
- Share commuting under 15 minutes35.2 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more29 plus or minus 36
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.6 percent plus or minus 28.6
- Drove alone96.2 percent
- Carpooled3.8 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Damascus
Flood risk in Damascus
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating0
- NFIP community number130517
- Currently effective map date09/02/09
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Early County, not Damascus
Early County context, not Damascus figures
These are Early County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Damascus measurements.
- Establishments in Early County197
- Employment at those establishments, Early County2,759
- Covered employment, Early County3,658
- Average annual pay, Early County$57,332
- Average weekly wage, Early County$1,103
- Housing units permitted, Early County11
- Of those, single family, Early County11
- County product, 2024, Early County$656,672,000
- County product change over the prior year, Early County0.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Early County$43,762
Every figure in this section is published for Early County as a whole and is not a measurement of Damascus. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Damascus questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Damascus, Georgia?
272, in 112 households. Damascus city covers 1.76 square miles of land, which is 154 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Damascus in?
Early County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Damascus?
$58,125. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $165,600. Median gross rent is $900 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Damascus in the National Flood Insurance Program?
It is listed but not shown as participating. Damascus appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130517, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Damascus figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Early County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Damascus.
Is zoning published for Damascus?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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