It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Bay Springs 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. Bay Springs has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bay Springs than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bay Springs may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Bay Springs doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Bay Springs who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.92% of the adults in Bay Springs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bay Springs in 2022 was $26,481, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,924 for a family of four. However, Bay Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bay Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bay Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bay Springs residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Bay Springs include English, Irish, German, French, and Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Bay Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
