Tucker is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 36,975 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Tucker is the 27th largest community in Georgia. Tucker real estate is some of the most expensive in Georgia, although Tucker house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Tucker is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tucker is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tucker who work in management occupations (9.68%), sales jobs (9.06%), and office and administrative support (8.95%). Also of interest is that Tucker 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: 19.34% 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 Tucker, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.40 minutes every day commuting to work. The education level of Tucker ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Tucker, 46.83% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Tucker in 2022 was $43,811, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $175,244 for a family of four. However, Tucker contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tucker is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tucker home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tucker residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tucker also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.53% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tucker include English, German, Irish, European, and Italian. In addition, Tucker has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.49%). The most common language spoken in Tucker is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
