Cartersville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 23,904 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Cartersville is the 48th largest community in Georgia.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cartersville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cartersville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cartersville who work in office and administrative support (13.10%), sales jobs (10.65%), and management occupations (10.35%). Also of interest is that Cartersville 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 Cartersville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.62% 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. As is often the case in a small city, Cartersville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of people in Cartersville who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.28% of adults in Cartersville have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Cartersville in 2022 was $37,989, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $151,956 for a family of four. However, Cartersville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cartersville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cartersville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cartersville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Cartersville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.06% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cartersville include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Cartersville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
