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Putney, Georgia.

A community in Dougherty County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Dougherty County’s.

Living in Putney, Dougherty County, Georgia

Putney, in Dougherty County, had 2,869 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $68,627 a year and half less, against $49,044 across Dougherty County; 13% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Dougherty County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had 2.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Dougherty County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,869 in the 2020 census
Household income $68,627 the median, give or take $14,876 · Dougherty County: $49,044
Unemployment 4.8% Dougherty County, August 2026; 5.2% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Putney for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,330households
  • 25%of adults have a degree
  • 13%below the poverty line
  • 23 mintypical commute
  • 1%work from home

What people in Dougherty County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care29%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Government6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dougherty County had 44,899 jobs in 2025, 2.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 60° and 37°; warmest in July, 92° and 72° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 60° 37° F M A M J J 92° 72° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 60° and 37°; warmest in July, 92° and 72° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 60° 37° F M A M J J 92° 72° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 60° and lows near 37°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 72°. About 53 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Albany Southeast weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Dougherty County

  1. Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital2,140FTE
  2. Dougherty County SchoolsSchool district2,112FTE
  3. Procter and Gamble Paper Products Company Albany PlantPaper towels made in paper mills816
  4. Albany State UniversityUniversity or college807
  5. MetropowerElectrical wiring contractors793
  6. Webstaurant StoreBonded warehousing, general merchandise540
  7. Albany Technical CollegeTwo-year college399
  8. Molson Coors Beverage Company, AlbanyBreweries352

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 88 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 9,976 people in all across the county; Putney has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. LightningRelatively high
  2. DroughtRelatively moderate
  3. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  4. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  5. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Putney’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Dougherty County.