Another notable thing is that Lakemont is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
Because of many things, Lakemont is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Lakemont really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Lakemont perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Lakemont has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Lakemont has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lakemont than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lakemont may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Lakemont doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Lakemont is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.99% of adults in Lakemont have a college degree.
The per capita income in Lakemont in 2022 was $51,009, which is wealthy relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $204,036 for a family of four. However, Lakemont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Lakemont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lakemont residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lakemont include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Lakemont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
