Rockmart is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 5,284 people and three associated neighborhoods, Rockmart is the 158th largest community in Georgia.Rockmart is a blue-collar town, with 45.93% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Rockmart is a city of transportation and shipping workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rockmart who work in healthcare (12.68%), management occupations (10.51%), and office and administrative support (7.94%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.33% 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. Rockmart is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in Rockmart who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.05% of the adults in Rockmart have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Rockmart in 2022 was $25,769, 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 $103,076 for a family of four. However, Rockmart contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rockmart is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rockmart home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rockmart residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Rockmart also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.68% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rockmart include English, German, Irish, Italian, and African. The most common language spoken in Rockmart is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
