Being a small city, Hazlehurst does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Hazlehurst is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.27% of adults in Hazlehurst have a college degree.
The per capita income in Hazlehurst in 2022 was $24,514, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,056 for a family of four. However, Hazlehurst contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hazlehurst also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.87% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Hazlehurst is a somewhat 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 Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Hazlehurst include Irish, African, Other Subsaharan African, English, and German.
The most common language spoken in Hazlehurst is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
