Duluth is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 22,388 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Duluth is the 35th largest community in Georgia.

Duluth is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.00% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Duluth is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Duluth who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.99%), management occupations (15.99%), and sales jobs (13.21%).

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

Duluth, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

Because of many things, Duluth 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, Duluth really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Duluth 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.

In Duluth, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.33 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Residents of Duluth by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Duluth may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Duluth Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Duluth. 45.66% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Duluth in 2000 was $29,185, which is wealthy relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $116,740 for a family of four. However, Duluth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Duluth is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Duluth home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Duluth is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Duluth include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

Duluth also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.24%.

The languages spoken by people in Duluth are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Duluth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Korean, and Chinese.