About Clarkston

Clarkston is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 6,826 people and just one neighborhood, Clarkston is the 134th largest community in Georgia.

Clarkston is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Clarkston is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Clarkston who work in office and administrative support jobs (23.22%), food service (7.66%), and sales jobs (7.46%).

For a small city, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Clarkston. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Clarkston.

One downside of living in Clarkston, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.37 minutes every day commuting to work.

Clarkston Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Clarkston who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 21.62% of adults in Clarkston have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Clarkston in 2000 was $14,304, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $57,216 for a family of four.

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

Foreign born people are also an important part of Clarkston's cultural character, accounting for 33.71% of the city's population.

The languages spoken by people in Clarkston 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 Clarkston is English. Other important languages spoken here include African, Vietnamese, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, and Arabic.