South Fulton is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 111,158 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 $77,488.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, South Fulton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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 (15.08%), management occupations (10.95%), and sales jobs (8.26%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.52% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 33.37 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The education level of South Fulton citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.13% of adults in South Fulton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in South Fulton in 2022 was $36,153, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $144,612 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.
