Hiram is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 5,520 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 $85,119.00.Hiram is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 89.16% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Hiram is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hiram who work in sales jobs (23.79%), business and financial occupations (10.74%), and office and administrative support (9.37%). Also of interest is that Hiram has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.93% 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. 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 37.51 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The citizens of Hiram are among the most well-educated in the nation: 40.45% of adults in Hiram have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Hiram in 2022 was $40,506, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $162,024 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 13.25% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hiram include German, English, Jamaican, Bahamian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Hiram is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
