Holly Springs is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Holly Springs enrolled in college, Holly Springs has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Being a small city, Holly Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Holly Springs rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.71% of adults 25 and older in Holly Springs 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 Holly Springs in 2022 was $22,252, 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 $89,008 for a family of four. However, Holly Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Holly Springs is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Holly Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Holly Springs residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Holly Springs include English, Irish, German, Belgian, and African.
The most common language spoken in Holly Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
