Hiram Colored School · Photo: Blastoids · CC BY-SA 3.0Hiram has 3.0 jobs for every working resident: 7,734 people commute in to work
For jobs and income Hiram is better than 63% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (A−). Employers in Hiram report 7,864 jobs, against 2,592 working residents. Only 5% work in Hiram; the top destination outside it is Atlanta (12%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hiram: the figures worth knowing
Hiram workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 46 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 353 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Hiram draws workers from far and wide
The 7,864 jobs in Hiram are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 14%; the other 84% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Hiram has far more jobs than workers
Hiram has 7,864 jobs, 3.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 11,000 people are in town, 94% more than the 5,600 who live here. Day and night ↓
Hiram has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hiram went from 4,859 in 2013 to 7,864 in 2023, +62%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
36% of the jobs based in Hiram are held by workers 29 or younger, against 24% of Hiram’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Hiram gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Hiram’s grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hiram could be anywhere from C to A+.
Time on the road from Hiram: about 46 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hiram workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,453 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where the people who work in Hiram live
Where Hiram clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How many people are in Hiram by day
On a workday 2,462 residents head out to work and 130 work right here.
About 11,000 people are in Hiram on a workday afternoon, 94% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Hiram’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hiram, 2013 → 2023: 4,859 → 7,864. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hiram’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Hiram goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Hiram is easy on foot, hard by bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,850 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.7% of Hiram households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Hiram’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hiram is 1,449th of 3,502 U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Grayson GA | 5,569 | $131K | 3.5% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Senoia GA | 6,276 | $125K | 1.1% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 397 | Temple GA | 6,564 | $91K | 2.6% | 1.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,447 | Beechwood MS | 4,168 | $92K | 15.3% | 0.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,448 | Youngtown AZ | 7,039 | $68K | 10.4% | 3.1% | 2% | B |
| 1,449 | Hiram GA | 5,585 | $85K | 12.0% | 3.8% | 5% | B |
| 1,450 | Columbiana OH | 6,756 | $55K | 8.3% | 1.5% | 13% | B |
| 1,451 | Pomfret CT | 4,378 | $108K | 6.0% | 5.4% | 13% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hiram, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Next door to Hiram
The biggest share goes to Dallas (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hiram workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiram | – | B | A− | 46 min | $85,119 |
| Dallas | 2% | C | B | 41 min | $75,545 |
| Powder Springs | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 33 min | $105,070 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hiram’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hiram: questions
What is the median household income in Hiram?
$85,119 (±$9,638) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hiram?
12.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hiram?
46 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hiram work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (12%, 21 mi), Marietta (7%, 13 mi), Sandy Springs (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hiram walkable?
Hiram is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hiram without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hiram, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hiram
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.