Heidelberg is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 621 people and two associated neighborhoods, Heidelberg is the 199th largest community in Mississippi.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Heidelberg is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.39% of the Heidelberg workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Heidelberg is a town of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Heidelberg who work in teaching (16.73%), sales jobs (10.27%), and healthcare (5.32%). 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. Being a small town, Heidelberg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Heidelberg have a very low rate of college education: just 7.57% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. 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.
