Hiawassee, Georgia

Demographics

People

Total Population	887
Male Share of the Population	41.5%
Female Share of the Population	58.5%
Senior Citizens	49%
Employed Population 16+	255
Age of the Population	65

Families

% of people married	45.5%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	31.3%
Median Earnings25+	$20,833
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$9,405

Wealth

Median Family Income	$65,417
% Above Poverty Level	77.5%
% Below Poverty Level	22.5%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	17 minutes
% Working from Home	9.4%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	53.6%
Median Gross Rent	$577
Median House Value	$217,900

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	20.6%
Irish	12%
English	11.6%
German	11.3%
French Except Basque	5.3%
Scottish	5.2%
Italian	3.5%
Canadian	2.5%
Swedish	2.1%
Polish	1.7%
Welsh	1.6%
Greek	1.5%
Dutch	1.5%
Czech	1.1%
Swiss	0.9%
Norwegian	0.8%
Russian	0.3%
Hungarian	0.3%
Danishn	0.3%
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Hiawassee Almanac

Category	Value
County	Towns County
Standard Zip Codes	30546
Phone Area Codes	706
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	34.94
Approximate Longitude	-83.75

Hiawassee Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	BLAIRSVILLE EXP STA
Distance	12.9 miles
Jan Temp	25 to 47 F
Apr Temp	40 to 67 F
Jul Temp	62 to 84 F
Oct Temp	42 to 69 F
Annual Precip	58.1 inches

Station	ANDREWS
Distance	17.9 miles
Jan Temp	25 to 49 F
Apr Temp	40 to 69 F
Jul Temp	62 to 86 F
Oct Temp	42 to 71 F
Annual Precip	66.1 inches

Station	CLAYTON 1 SSW
Distance	21.1 miles
Jan Temp	27 to 49 F
Apr Temp	41 to 69 F
Jul Temp	62 to 85 F
Oct Temp	44 to 70 F
Annual Precip	73.3 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Blairsville	729	$24,444
Clayton	1,872	$35,859
Dillard	375	$56,667
Helen	320	$45,417
Tiger	418	$26,111
Young Harris	1,027	$31,518

Hiawassee Hospitals

Chatuge Regional Hospital
110 East Main Street

Hiawassee Public Schools

Towns County Elementary School
1150 Konahetah Rd
ZIP: 30546
(706) 896-4131
Primary
Total Enrollment 500

Towns County High School
1400 Highway 76 E
ZIP: 30546
(706) 896-4131
High
Total Enrollment 339

Towns County Middle School
1400 Highway 76 E
ZIP: 30546
(706) 896-4131
Middle
Total Enrollment 245

Hiawassee Private Schools

Eastgate Life Academy
227 Chatuge Way
ZIP: 30546
Combined Elementary And Secondary
Total Enrollment 27

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2015, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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