Hattiesburg is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Hattiesburg enrolled in college, Hattiesburg has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Hattiesburg, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.18 minutes getting to work every day.
The education level of Hattiesburg citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.97% of adults in Hattiesburg have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hattiesburg in 2018 was $27,005, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,020 for a family of four. However, Hattiesburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hattiesburg also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.99% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Hattiesburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hattiesburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hattiesburg residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Hattiesburg include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Hattiesburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
