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A town of 8,147. Public schools that outperform most of Georgia.
Dock Junction gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $144K for a typical one, or 2.2 years of the Brunswick metro’s $67K median household income. It grades C overall, ranked 122nd of 258 in Georgia. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 97% of the country. On the plus side, its public schools beat 75% of Georgia towns on state tests and graduation. 27% of residents live below the poverty line in Dock Junction, above both the Georgia town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Among 264 Georgia towns, just 4 have a higher January low than Dock Junction. Ballard School is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Dock Junction beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage Christian Academy | PK–12 | 256 |
| Widest gap | Dock Junction | GA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing food insecurity | 31.3% | 17.7% |
Where Dock Junction’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Georgia), ordered by how far Dock Junction is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 4,160 in 1950, 8,266 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2015 and 6 maps from 1918 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Dock Junction is unincorporated, so Glynn County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Dock Junction.
Dock Junction pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Georgia (mostly hurricanes) and is a long drive from an emergency room.
The nearest emergency room, Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus, is 29.6 miles away in a straight line.
In Dock Junction, 23% of adults smoke cigarettes, and 19% report frequent physical distress. For adults 18 to 64 here, the share who have no health insurance is 21%.
| Dock Junction | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 23% | 19% |
| What stands out | Dock Junction | GA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing food insecurity | 31.3% | 17.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.3% | 6.5% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 16.6% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
That grade comes with a B for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $144K.
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Christian Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 256 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within GA on state tests and graduation
4,682 jobs are based in Dock Junction, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 16.8 minutes, against 28.3 across Georgia.
Half of commuters travel less than 6 miles. The typical journey to work in Dock Junction is 17 minutes. The top destinations are Brunswick (23%), St. Simons (9%) and Savannah (3%).
| Dock Junction | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $41,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Brunswick weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 314 days, longer than in 95% of U.S. towns. January nights average 41.2°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 92.1°.
Snow is almost unheard of. For Dock Junction, the midsummer high is 92°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 85% of Georgia towns, with expected losses of about $759 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
The natural-hazard score from FEMA for Dock Junction comes to 64 of 100. 64% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 12%. Since 2005, Dock Junction has seen 22 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Dock Junction’s concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile. There are 0.8 miles of trail across 2 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves here: 2, covering 5 acres.
| Dock Junction | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.6% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Paula Park | — | 3 |
| 2. Arco Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 2.2 years of the Brunswick metro’s $67K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 93% of Georgia towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $817, against $2,341 across Georgia, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Among households in Dock Junction, 50% live in a home they own. In Dock Junction, the rent at the middle of the market is $1,080 a month.
| Dock Junction | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 50% | 58% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,080 a month | $1,160 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dock Junction. Close and well known come first.
11 mi Park & preserveJekyll Island
8 mi LandmarkIgbo Landing Historic Site
7 mi National MonumentFort Frederica National Monument108K visitors a year
16 mi National SeashoreCumberland Island National Seashore60K visitors a year
35 mi LandmarkFort Clinch13 mi Theme parkSummer WavesJekyll Island: normanack on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 · Igbo Landing Historic Site: Jud McCranie, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Frederica National Monument: Bubba73 (talk), Jud McCranie, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cumberland Island National Seashore: The original uploader was Pgabolde at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Clinch: Fl295 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Dock Junction
About 2 of every 100 Dock Junction residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
Place in Georgia, United States
Dock Junction is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Glynn County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Brunswick metropolitan statistical area. The population was 7,721 at the 2010 census, growing to 8,266 in 2020. Its original name was Arco until the 1970s, the name deriving from the Atlantic Refining Company.
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One town shares a border with Dock Junction.
| Town | GA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dock Junction | #122 | C | B | — | A− | D− |
| Brunswick | #161 | C− | B | — | A− | D− |
Dock Junction and Brunswick report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Dock Junction with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Dock Junction grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #122 of 258 in Georgia. It grades D− for health and A− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
The typical home is worth about $144,000, 56% below the Georgia typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
