Roswell is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 79,844 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Roswell is the eighth largest community in Georgia.

Roswell is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.80% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Roswell is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Roswell who work in sales jobs (17.21%), management occupations (15.71%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.02%).

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

One thing that you will notice about Roswell is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Roswell a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Roswell is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

One downside of living in Roswell is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Roswell, the average commute to work is 31.18 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Roswell use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Roswell's citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

Roswell Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Roswell, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Roswell is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 52.60% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Roswell in 2000 was $36,012, which is wealthy relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $144,048 for a family of four. However, Roswell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Roswell is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Roswell home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Roswell is White, followed by African-American. Roswell also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.58% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Roswell include English, German, Irish, Italian, Scotch-Irish, and Scottish.

Roswell also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.73%.

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