Norcross is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 8,358 people and 12 constituent neighborhoods, Norcross is the 117th largest community in Georgia.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Norcross is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.3% of the Norcross workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Norcross is a city of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Norcross who work in building maintenance and grounds keeping (11.75%), office and administrative support jobs (10.68%), and sales jobs (8.96%).

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

Even though Norcross is a smaller city, it has many people who hop on public transportation - mostly taxis - for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

Norcross Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Norcross is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 22.77% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Norcross in 2000 was $18,573, 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 $74,292 for a family of four.

Norcross is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Norcross home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Norcross is White, followed by African-American. Norcross also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.81% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Norcross include German, English, and Irish.

In addition, Norcross has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (41.71%).

The languages spoken by people in Norcross 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 Norcross is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Vietnamese, and Chinese.