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Marietta, GA
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Marietta profile


Living in Marietta



Marietta is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 62,602 people and 80 constituent neighborhoods, Marietta is the 14th largest community in Georgia.

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

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.98% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

One thing noticeable about Marietta, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Marietta is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Marietta a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

The citizens of Marietta are among the most well-educated in the nation: 45.16% of adults in Marietta have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Marietta in 2018 was $37,965, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $151,860 for a family of four. However, Marietta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Marietta is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Marietta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Marietta residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Marietta also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.29% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Marietta include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Jamaican.

In addition, Marietta has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.61%).

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