Hiawassee vs Young Harris

A side-by-side comparison of Hiawassee and Young Harris: population, income, housing, and more.

Hiawassee and Young Harris are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hiawassee has the higher population (1,300 vs 1,087 in Young Harris). Hiawassee has the higher median household income ($43,819 vs $27,692 in Young Harris). Hiawassee has the higher median home value ($365,300 vs $276,500 in Young Harris).

Population, income & housing

	Hiawassee	Young Harris
Population	1,300	1,087
Median age	53.4 yrs	20.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,819	$27,692
Median home value	$365,300	$276,500
Median gross rent	$890	$733
Housing units	851	241
Homeownership rate	53.6%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hiawassee	Young Harris
Population	815 → 1,300 (+59.5%)	1,029 → 1,087 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$44,643 → $43,819 (-1.8%)	$32,500 → $27,692 (-14.8%)
Median home value	$277,300 → $365,300 (+31.7%)	$151,900 → $276,500 (+82.0%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $890 (+35.1%)	$732 → $733 (+0.1%)

Hiawassee

Population

8151,300

Median household income

$44,643$43,819

Median home value

$277,300$365,300

Median gross rent

$659$890

Young Harris

Population

1,0291,087

Median household income

$32,500$27,692

Median home value

$151,900$276,500

Median gross rent

$732$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hiawassee	Young Harris
Under 5	7.2%	2.8%
5 to 17	9.3%	5.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	67.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	5.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	4.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	1.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	6.5%
65 to 74	15.5%	3.6%
75 and over	22.6%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hiawassee	Young Harris
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	76.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hiawassee	Young Harris
No high school diploma	11.1%	11.1%
High school graduate	21.7%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hiawassee	Young Harris
Drove alone	77.0%	39.1%
Carpooled	1.1%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	36.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	13.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hiawassee	Young Harris
1-unit, detached	54.5%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	17.8%
20 or more units	13.9%	27.8%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Hiawassee	Young Harris
Poverty rate	20.8%	31.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	14	14
Median year structure built	1993	2001