Hiawassee is a tiny city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,017 people and three associated neighborhoods, Hiawassee is the 323rd largest community in Georgia. Hiawassee real estate is some of the most expensive in Georgia, although Hiawassee house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Hiawassee is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.58% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Hiawassee is a city of service providers, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hiawassee who work in management occupations (22.41%), sales jobs (12.72%), and food service (11.64%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.98% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Another notable thing is that Hiawassee is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the city 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 city. It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Hiawassee 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. Hiawassee has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hiawassee than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hiawassee may be for you. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.14 minutes getting to work every day. Being a small city, Hiawassee does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The overall education level of Hiawassee citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.41% of adults in Hiawassee have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Hiawassee in 2022 was $38,900, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $155,600 for a family of four. However, Hiawassee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Hiawassee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hiawassee residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Hiawassee include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Hiawassee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
