Pine Mountain is a very small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,288 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pine Mountain is the 306th largest community in Georgia.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pine Mountain is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pine Mountain is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pine Mountain who work in maintenance occupations (10.53%), management occupations (9.75%), and teaching (9.16%). Of important note, Pine Mountain is also a town of artists. Pine Mountain has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Pine Mountain’s character. Also of interest is that Pine Mountain 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: 14.68% 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. The citizens of Pine Mountain are among the most well-educated in the nation: 44.95% of adults in Pine Mountain 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 Pine Mountain in 2022 was $43,348, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $173,392 for a family of four. However, Pine Mountain contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pine Mountain is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pine Mountain home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pine Mountain residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pine Mountain include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Haitian. The most common language spoken in Pine Mountain is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Asian languages and Spanish.
