Houston is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 3,709 people and two associated neighborhoods, Houston is the 82nd largest community in Mississippi.Houston is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Houston is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Houston who work in office and administrative support (26.54%), sales jobs (13.40%), and healthcare (10.86%). Houston’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Houston has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Houston a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small city, Houston does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Houston rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.35% of adults 25 and older in Houston have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Houston in 2022 was $20,649, 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 $82,596 for a family of four. Houston is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Houston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Houston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Houston include English, Irish, German, Belgian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Houston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Japanese.
