Hiawassee is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,002 people and three associated neighborhoods, Hiawassee is the 323rd largest community in Georgia.

Hiawassee real estate is some of the most expensive in Georgia, although Hiawassee house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.41% 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.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.33 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small city, Hiawassee does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Hiawassee is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.76% of adults in Hiawassee have a college degree.

The per capita income in Hiawassee in 2022 was $40,206, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,824 for a family of four. However, Hiawassee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Hiawassee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.