Alpharetta is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 34,611 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Alpharetta is the 19th largest community in Georgia.

Alpharetta is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 91.42% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Alpharetta is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Alpharetta who work in management occupations (19.62%), sales jobs (15.79%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.85%).

Also of interest is that Alpharetta has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Alpharetta is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Alpharetta 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, Alpharetta really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Alpharetta perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, 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.

"If you live in Alpharetta, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Alpharetta residents do (97.4%). Alpharetta is primarily built for cars, and driving around town will bare this out. Shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets are what you'll find. Sidewalks? Sure. But not everywhere, and walking to most places can be downright scary.

Alpharetta has quite a few people who use public transportation to get to work each day, primarily riding the subway.

Alpharetta Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Alpharetta is a pretty powerful place. 57.12% of the adults in Alpharetta have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Alpharetta in 2000 was $39,432, which is wealthy relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $157,728 for a family of four. However, Alpharetta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Alpharetta is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alpharetta home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Alpharetta is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Alpharetta include German, English, Irish, Italian, Scotch-Irish, Polish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Alpharetta is English. Some people also speak Spanish.