South Fulton is a relatively large city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 110,920 people and 32 associated neighborhoods, South Fulton is the eighth largest community in Georgia. South Fulton has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in South Fulton, where the median household income is $81,798.00.South Fulton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, South Fulton is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in South Fulton who work in office and administrative support (15.66%), management occupations (10.63%), and sales jobs (7.48%). Also of interest is that South Fulton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in South Fulton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.37% 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. In South Fulton, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.55 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. Like elsewhere in America, most people in South Fulton use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of South Fulton‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.The population of South Fulton is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.88% of adults in South Fulton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in South Fulton in 2022 was $36,548, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,192 for a family of four. However, South Fulton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call South Fulton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of South Fulton residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in South Fulton include African, Jamaican, Nigerian, Haitian, and Irish. The most common language spoken in South Fulton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
