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Hiawassee, GA

1,300 Population
1.6 square miles 797.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.4 ±9.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Towns County: 56.9 ±1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$40,206 ±$11,924 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Towns County: $39,773 † ±$6,173
  • about the same as the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$43,819 ±$13,014 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Towns County: $58,400 ±$4,054
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

20.9% ±11.4% (246  ±148) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Towns County: 12.9% † 1,529 (±3% / ±362)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

14.5 minutes ±8.8 (5,195  ±2,020) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Towns County: 21.7 87,560 (±2.1 / ±11,257)
  • about half the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

545 ±101 Number of households
  • Towns County: 5,819 ±294
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.1 ±0.4 (1,143  ±302) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Towns County: 2 11,855 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

9.6% ±12.9% (19  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Towns County: 3.4% † 68 (±2% / ±41)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

851 ±129 Number of housing units
  • Towns County: 8,719 ±44
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$365,300 ±$50,738 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Towns County: $311,900 ±$24,479
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

17.3% ±5.3% (221  ±84.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Towns County: 10.7% † 1,356 (±2.1% / ±265.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

88.9% ±22.1% (893  ±144.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Towns County: 93% 9,096 (±5.8% / ±575.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
33.8% ±4.3% (339  ±77) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Towns County: 32.9% † 3,212 (±3.5% / ±347.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

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

3.2% ±2.1% (42  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Towns County: 2.1% 265
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

8.4% ±2.6% (91  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Towns County: 9.7% † 1,084 (±1.4% / ±158)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
91 Total veterans ±33 91 Male ±33 N/A Female ±14

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