Powder Springs is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 18,950 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Powder Springs is the 66th largest community in Georgia.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Powder Springs is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Powder Springs is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Powder Springs who work in office and administrative support (13.74%), management occupations (12.40%), and sales jobs (8.28%). Also of interest is that Powder Springs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Of important note, Powder Springs is also a city of artists. Powder Springs has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Powder Springs’s character. A relatively large number of people in Powder Springs telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.90% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Because of many things, Powder Springs is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Powder Springs a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Powder Springs has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Powder Springs’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country. In Powder Springs, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.60 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small city, Powder Springs doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Powder Springs are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.84% of adults in Powder Springs have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Powder Springs in 2022 was $38,254, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $153,016 for a family of four. However, Powder Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Powder Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Powder Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Powder Springs residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Powder Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.58% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Powder Springs include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Powder Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
