In East Point, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.02 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
For the size of the city, public transportation in East Point is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For East Point, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.
The citizens of East Point are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.50% of adults in East Point have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in East Point in 2022 was $33,665, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,660 for a family of four. However, East Point contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
East Point is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call East Point home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Point residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in East Point include English, Irish, African, German, and Jamaican.
The most common language spoken in East Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
