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Hardwick, GA

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Overview


Hardwick is a very small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 3,513 people and just one neighborhood, Hardwick is the 194th largest community in Georgia.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Hardwick isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hardwick are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hardwick is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hardwick who work in office and administrative support (10.38%), maintenance occupations (8.65%), and sales jobs (8.15%).

Also of interest is that Hardwick has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Hardwick 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. Hardwick has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hardwick than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hardwick may be for you.

Being a small town, Hardwick does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Hardwick is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.74% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hardwick in 2022 was $21,993, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $87,972 for a family of four.

Hardwick is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hardwick home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hardwick residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Hardwick include English, German, Italian, Irish, and African.

The most common language spoken in Hardwick is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Asian languages and Pacific Island languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.1% of all neighborhoods in America, with 32.9% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.2% of this neighborhood's residents have African ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Hardwick are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 91.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 30.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (22.3%), and 21.0% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.6% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Hardwick, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (8.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (7.7%), and residents who report African roots (5.2%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.6%), along with some German ancestry residents (2.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (84.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (6.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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