It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Hartwell has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Hartwell has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hartwell than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hartwell may be for you.
Being a small city, Hartwell does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Hartwell with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.96% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hartwell in 2022 was $24,340, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,360 for a family of four. However, Hartwell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hartwell is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hartwell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hartwell residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hartwell include English, Irish, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, German, and African.
The most common language spoken in Hartwell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
