College Park is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 13,867 people and five associated neighborhoods, College Park is the 87th largest community in Georgia.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, College Park is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, College Park is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in College Park who work in sales jobs (14.28%), management occupations (11.83%), and food service (11.76%). A relatively large number of people in College Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.68% 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. For a small city, College Park has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in College Park exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.In terms of college education, College Park is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.31% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in College Park in 2022 was $32,004, 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 $128,016 for a family of four. However, College Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. College Park is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call College Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of College Park residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in College Park include English, African, Irish, German, and Jamaican. The most common language spoken in College Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
