About Clermont

Clermont is a tiny town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 413 people and just one neighborhood, Clermont is the 419th largest community in Georgia.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Clermont is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Clermont is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clermont who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.69%), sales jobs (11.30%), and management occupations (7.34%).

In Clermont, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.18 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Clermont is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Clermont isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.69% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

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

Clermont Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Clermont who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 14.18% of the adults in Clermont have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Clermont in 2000 was $15,558, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $62,232 for a family of four.

The people who call Clermont home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Clermont is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Clermont include Irish, English, German, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Clermont is English.