Hiram is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 5,209 people and six associated neighborhoods, Hiram is the 154th largest community in Georgia. Hiram has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Hiram, where the median household income is $81,055.00.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.66% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

In Hiram, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.95 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

The citizens of Hiram are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.34% of adults in Hiram have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hiram in 2018 was $33,952, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,808 for a family of four. However, Hiram contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hiram is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hiram home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hiram residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Hiram also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.23% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hiram include German, English, Haitian, Irish, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.

Hiram also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.82%.

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