Kennesaw is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 33,552 people and 24 associated neighborhoods, Kennesaw is the 34th largest community in Georgia.Kennesaw is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.23% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Kennesaw is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kennesaw who work in management occupations (14.19%), sales jobs (11.79%), and healthcare (9.59%). Also of interest is that Kennesaw has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 17.52% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The citizens of Kennesaw are among the most well-educated in the nation: 46.69% of adults in Kennesaw have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Kennesaw in 2022 was $40,381, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $161,524 for a family of four. However, Kennesaw contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kennesaw is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kennesaw home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kennesaw residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Kennesaw also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.83% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kennesaw include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French. Kennesaw also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.66%. The most common language spoken in Kennesaw is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
