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Hiawassee, GA

1,293 Population
1.6 square miles 793.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.3 ±8.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Towns County: 57.4 ±1.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,411 ±$12,793 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Towns County: $42,549 † ±$6,578
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,000 ±$23,329 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Towns County: $59,135 † ±$7,454
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.7% ±10.7% (209  ±137) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Towns County: 13.3% † 1,606 (±3.7% / ±451)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.3 minutes ±7.7 (4,680  ±1,905) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Towns County: 23.7 92,005 (±2.3 / ±12,380)
  • about half the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

514 ±107 Number of households
  • Towns County: 5,924 ±325
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (1,148  ±288) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Towns County: 2 12,044 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8% ±8.9% (18  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Towns County: 2.9% † 58 (±2.3% / ±47)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

831 ±132 Number of housing units
  • Towns County: 8,808 ±26
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$411,100 ±$69,736 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Towns County: $316,100 ±$25,953
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.9% ±5.4% (177  ±79.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Towns County: 8.3% † 1,057 (±1.9% / ±242.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.2% ±21.7% (856  ±136.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Towns County: 92.5% 9,167 (±5.9% / ±595)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.7% ±5.1% (252  ±69.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Towns County: 31% † 3,077 (±3.5% / ±349)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.1% ±4.2% (53  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Towns County: 2% 252
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±2.6% (82  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Towns County: 9.6% † 1,084 (±1.5% / ±173)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
82 Total veterans ±31 82 Male ±31 N/A Female ±14

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