Hiram is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 5,209 people and six associated neighborhoods, Hiram is the 154th largest community in Georgia. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Hiram, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Hiram, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Hiram’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Hiram does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $81,055.00.Hiram is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hiram is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hiram who work in sales jobs (16.74%), business and financial occupations (13.69%), and office and administrative support (11.72%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.66% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Hiram is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hiram, the average commute to work is 36.95 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small city, Hiram doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The population of Hiram is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.34% of adults in Hiram have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Hiram in 2022 was $33,952, 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 $135,808 for a family of four. However, Hiram contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hiram is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hiram home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hiram residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Hiram also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.23% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hiram include German, English, Haitian, Irish, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian. Hiram also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.82%. The most common language spoken in Hiram is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
