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. Hiram has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Hiram, where 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%). A relatively large number of people in Hiram telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.66% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. In Hiram, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.95 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Hiram is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.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. In addition, Hiram has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.82%). The most common language spoken in Hiram is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
