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!) Byhalia 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. Byhalia has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Byhalia than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Byhalia may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Byhalia doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Byhalia with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.18% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Byhalia in 2022 was $16,998, which is low income relative to Mississippi and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,992 for a family of four. However, Byhalia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Byhalia also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.48% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Byhalia is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Byhalia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Byhalia residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Byhalia also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.01% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Byhalia include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Byhalia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
