East Point is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 38,115 people and ten associated neighborhoods, East Point is the 24th largest community in Georgia.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, East Point is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, East Point is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in East Point who work in office and administrative support (13.53%), sales jobs (10.02%), and management occupations (9.68%). Also of interest is that East Point has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.88% 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 East Point is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In East Point, the average commute to work is 31.02 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. Like elsewhere in America, most people in East Point use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of East Point‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.The citizens of East Point are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.50% of adults in East Point have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in East Point in 2022 was $33,665, 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 $134,660 for a family of four. However, East Point contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. East Point is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call East Point home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Point residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in East Point include English, Irish, African, German, and Jamaican. The most common language spoken in East Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
