Byhalia is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,357 people and five associated neighborhoods, Byhalia is the 158th largest community in Mississippi.When you are in Byhalia, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 59.87% of Byhalia’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Byhalia is a town of transportation and shipping workers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Byhalia who work in office and administrative support (7.66%), management occupations (7.40%), and sales jobs (6.49%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Byhalia has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Byhalia a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small town, Byhalia doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In Byhalia, just 11.64% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Byhalia in 2022 was $22,478, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,912 for a family of four. However, Byhalia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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 22.06% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Byhalia include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and European. The most common language spoken in Byhalia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
