Powder Springs is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 12,980 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Powder Springs is the 72nd largest community in Georgia.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Powder Springs is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Powder Springs is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Powder Springs who work in office and administrative support jobs (22.10%), sales jobs (13.38%), and management occupations (9.78%).

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

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

One downside of living in Powder Springs, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.55 minutes every day commuting to work.

Powder Springs is a very car-oriented city. This is because most people - 96.9% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Powder Springs.

Being a small city, Powder Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Powder Springs Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Powder Springs citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 28.72% of adults in Powder Springs have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Powder Springs in 2000 was $19,776, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,104 for a family of four. However, Powder Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Powder Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Powder Springs home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Powder Springs is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Powder Springs include German, Irish, and English.

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