Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.40 minutes getting to work every day.
Brookhaven is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Brookhaven citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.23% of adults 25 and older in Brookhaven have a college degree.
The per capita income in Brookhaven in 2022 was $23,894, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,576 for a family of four. However, Brookhaven contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Brookhaven also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.20% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Brookhaven is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brookhaven home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brookhaven residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Brookhaven include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and British.
The most common language spoken in Brookhaven is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Other Asian languages.
