Hiram is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 979 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hiram is the 580th largest community in Ohio. Hiram has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.Hiram is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hiram is a village of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hiram who work in personal care services (12.98%), food service (12.31%), and teaching (11.47%). Of important note, Hiram is also a village of artists. Hiram has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Hiram’s character. Also of interest is that Hiram has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 27.02% 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. Hiram is a place where college students are a big part of the character and culture of the town. Small towns have often struggled with declining populations over the past few decades, but the presence of such a large college student population has helped Hiram to fight this trend. Not only does the college population add spending and jobs to local economy, but it also contributes a very tangible, youthful energy to the town. One of the benefits of Hiram is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.22 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small village, Hiram does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Hiram, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Hiram is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 54.23% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Hiram in 2022 was $24,178, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,712 for a family of four. However, Hiram contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hiram is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. 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 White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hiram include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Hiram is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Asian languages and Spanish.
