One downside of living in Hickory, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.03 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
For a small town, Hickory has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Hickory exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The rate of college-level education in Hickory is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.53% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hickory in 2018 was $23,096, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $92,384 for a family of four. However, Hickory contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hickory also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.02% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Hickory is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hickory home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hickory residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Hickory include English, European, German, French, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Hickory is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
