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Chattahoochee Hills, GA

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Overview


Chattahoochee Hills is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 3,451 people and just one neighborhood, Chattahoochee Hills is the 216th largest community in Georgia. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Chattahoochee Hills, 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 Chattahoochee Hills, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Chattahoochee Hills’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Chattahoochee Hills does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $111,792.00.

Chattahoochee Hills home prices are not only among the most expensive in Georgia, but Chattahoochee Hills real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

Chattahoochee Hills is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.25% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Chattahoochee Hills is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chattahoochee Hills who work in management occupations (18.56%), teaching (15.57%), and art, media, and design (12.53%).

Of important note, Chattahoochee Hills is also a city of artists. Chattahoochee Hills has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Chattahoochee Hills’s character.

A relatively large number of people in Chattahoochee Hills telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 28.85% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

In addition, Chattahoochee Hills is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Overall, Chattahoochee Hills’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

One downside of living in Chattahoochee Hills, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.79 minutes every day commuting to work.

Chattahoochee Hills 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.

Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Chattahoochee Hills. 51.47% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.

The per capita income in Chattahoochee Hills in 2022 was $76,684, which is wealthy relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $306,736 for a family of four. However, Chattahoochee Hills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Chattahoochee Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.

In addition, if you are planning to retire in Georgia, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Georgia, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 99.2% of neighborhoods in GA. If a Georgia retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.

Also, there is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (0.8%) living in the neighborhood.

Length of Commute

Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 11.5% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.1% of all neighborhoods in America.

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 Chattahoochee Hills are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America'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, 66.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 13.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (10.5%), and 9.8% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Chattahoochee Hills, GA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (18.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.1%), and residents who report German roots (4.6%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (4.4%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (3.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (26.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods. However, there is also a significant group of residents (11.5%) who commute over an hour in each direction.

Here most residents (64.5%) 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 (6.2%) . 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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