It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Heidelberg has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Heidelberg has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Heidelberg than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Heidelberg may be for you.
Heidelberg is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Heidelberg, just 7.57% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Heidelberg in 2022 was $21,179, which is lower middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $84,716 for a family of four. However, Heidelberg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Heidelberg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Heidelberg residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Heidelberg include English, Irish, Italian, German, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Heidelberg is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
