Raleigh is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,073 people and two associated neighborhoods, Raleigh is the 169th largest community in Mississippi.When you are in Raleigh, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 50.87% of Raleigh’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Raleigh is a town of transportation and shipping workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Raleigh who work in maintenance occupations (15.21%), office and administrative support (5.99%), and healthcare (5.99%). Raleigh’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. 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!) Raleigh 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. Raleigh has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Raleigh than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Raleigh may be for you. Being a small town, Raleigh does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Raleigh has a very low overall level of education: only 7.24% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Raleigh in 2022 was $21,241, 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 $84,964 for a family of four. However, Raleigh contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Raleigh is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Raleigh home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Raleigh residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Raleigh include English, Irish, British, Italian, and German. The most common language spoken in Raleigh is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese and African languages.
