Coldwater is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,339 people and three associated neighborhoods, Coldwater is the 155th largest community in Mississippi.
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!) Coldwater 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. Coldwater has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Coldwater than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Coldwater may be for you.
Coldwater is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Coldwater have a very low rate of college education: just 9.76% 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 Coldwater in 2022 was $25,518, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,072 for a family of four. However, Coldwater contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Coldwater also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.12% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Coldwater is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Coldwater home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coldwater residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Coldwater include French, Dutch, Irish, English, and British.
The most common language spoken in Coldwater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.