The overall crime rate in Hickory is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Being a small town, Hickory does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Hickory are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.70% of adults in Hickory have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Hickory in 2022 was $22,129, 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 $88,516 for a family of four. However, Hickory contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hickory is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hickory home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hickory residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Hickory include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, German, and French.
The most common language spoken in Hickory is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
