Stone Mountain is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 6,627 people and 29 associated neighborhoods, Stone Mountain is the 128th largest community in Georgia.Stone Mountain is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Stone Mountain is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Stone Mountain who work in healthcare suport services (9.90%), office and administrative support (9.32%), and food service (8.86%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.85% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. One downside of living in Stone Mountain is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Stone Mountain, the average commute to work is 33.36 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The education level of Stone Mountain citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.37% of adults 25 and older in Stone Mountain have a college degree. The per capita income in Stone Mountain in 2022 was $25,142, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,568 for a family of four. However, Stone Mountain contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Stone Mountain is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Stone Mountain home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stone Mountain residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Stone Mountain include Jamaican, Other Subsaharan African, Irish, German, and African. In addition, Stone Mountain has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.92%). The most common language spoken in Stone Mountain is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and African languages.
