Powder Springs is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 17,337 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Powder Springs is the 66th largest community in Georgia.Powder Springs is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Powder Springs is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Powder Springs who work in office and administrative support (16.39%), management occupations (9.74%), and sales jobs (8.77%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.43% 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. Because of many things, Powder Springs is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Powder Springs really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Powder Springs perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. In Powder Springs, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.78 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Powder Springs is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 40.09% of adults in Powder Springs have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. The per capita income in Powder Springs in 2022 was $39,078, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $156,312 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 19.13% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Powder Springs include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Nigerian. The most common language spoken in Powder Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
