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SheetGA-HILTONIA-GA · Hiltonia, GA 475 pop · income 7th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Hiltonia
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hiltonia on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
New England · lowest
27,473
New England · lowest
27,473 median HH income
30.1% of the leader · rank #1
Hiltonia · this city
39,250
Hiltonia · this city
39,250 median HH income
43.0% of the leader · rank #2
Emmett · near
39,250
Emmett · near
39,250 median HH income
43.0% of the leader · rank #3
Nelliston · near
39,250
Nelliston · near
39,250 median HH income
43.0% of the leader · rank #4
Oilton · near
39,250
Oilton · near
39,250 median HH income
43.0% of the leader · rank #5
Luzerne · near
39,257
Luzerne · near
39,257 median HH income
43.0% of the leader · rank #6
Good Hope · highest
91,250
Good Hope · highest
91,250 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Hiltonia on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 475.
Nationally, Hiltonia sits in the 7th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
7th
percentile, household income
51st
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Hiltonia, GA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 475 residents in Hiltonia, a small town within Georgia. Hiltonia households earn a median of $39,250 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 17.3%. The median resident age is 44.8 years. Educational attainment runs 7.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 26.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Georgia run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Georgia scores 96.3 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,203 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Georgia's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). The average commute for Hiltonia workers runs 16.4 minutes, with 83.7% driving alone and 16.3% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 39.5 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Hiltonia's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to population change to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hiltonia, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Hiltonia?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Georgia, the closest population matches are New England (473 residents, $27,473 income); Good Hope (479 residents, $91,250 income); Arnoldsville (470 residents, $46,964 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Thorne Bay, AK (475 residents); Proberta, CA (475 residents); Leaf River, IL (475 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Is Hiltonia growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +9 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.9% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
What does the journey to work look like in Hiltonia?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 83.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 16.4 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 17.3% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
96.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Georgia average
F
City profile score · Hiltonia, GA
21/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living C
96.3 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate F
17.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$39,250
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
7.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Hiltonia profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.3 index
Poverty rate: 18/100 (F) · 17.3%
Household income: 6/100 (F) · $39,250
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 7.3%
How does Hiltonia compare to other US cities?
Here's how Hiltonia stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income7% higher than other cities
Median rent51% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Hiltonia against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Georgia only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Georgia-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Hiltonia near the bottom of Georgia's cities
Among the 638 Georgia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hiltonia ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hiltonia only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#480 of 610
21st percentile in Georgia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 638
0th percentile in Georgia
Poverty Rate
#225 of 637
65th percentile in Georgia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#547 of 638
14th percentile in Georgia
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Georgia only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
7th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$39,250Hiltonia, GA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Hiltonia, GA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Hiltonia, GA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)7.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)17.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)26.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
475
Median Income
$39,250
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
44.8
Poverty Rate
17.3%
Labor force participation
26.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
7.3%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Hiltonia's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
313 residents
2021
315 residents
2022
313 residents
2023
319 residents
2024
321 residents
2025
322 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
16.4 minutes
Drive Alone
83.7%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
16.3%
Based on 104 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Georgia statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Georgia at $225 (electricity about $125 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Georgia statewide averages, not a meter reading for Hiltonia. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Georgia's BEA cost-of-living index is 96.3 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Hiltonia is $1,203/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Georgia statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 39.5 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Georgia statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Hiltonia sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Hiltonia compares to similar-size Georgia cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.