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Cartersville, GA
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Cartersville profile


Living in Cartersville



Cartersville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 23,904 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Cartersville is the 48th largest community in Georgia.

Cartersville real estate is some of the most expensive in Georgia, although Cartersville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.62% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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

The overall education level of Cartersville is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.28% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Cartersville in 2018 was $37,989, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $151,956 for a family of four. However, Cartersville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Cartersville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cartersville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cartersville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Cartersville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.06% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cartersville include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Cartersville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.