Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, West Point is worth considering.
One of the benefits of West Point is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.75 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, West Point does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of West Point rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.48% of adults 25 and older in West Point have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in West Point in 2022 was $23,605, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,420 for a family of four. However, West Point contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
West Point is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Point home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Point residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in West Point include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in West Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Langs. of India.
