Being a small city, Hazlehurst does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Hazlehurst, just 10.68% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Hazlehurst in 2022 was $21,229, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $84,916 for a family of four. However, Hazlehurst contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hazlehurst is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hazlehurst home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hazlehurst residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Hazlehurst also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.53% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hazlehurst include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Hazlehurst is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
