It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Magnolia 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. Magnolia has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Magnolia than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Magnolia may be for you.
Being a small city, Magnolia does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Magnolia, just 11.85% 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 Magnolia in 2022 was $19,895, 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 $79,580 for a family of four. However, Magnolia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Magnolia also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.06% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Magnolia is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Magnolia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Magnolia residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Magnolia include Irish, African, German, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Magnolia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
