Iuka is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 3,077 people and four associated neighborhoods, Iuka is the 93rd largest community in Mississippi.
Of important note, Iuka is also a city of artists. Iuka has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Iuka’s character.
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!) Iuka 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. Iuka has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Iuka than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Iuka may be for you.
Being a small city, Iuka does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Iuka are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.26% of adults in Iuka have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Iuka in 2022 was $24,016, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,064 for a family of four. However, Iuka contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Iuka home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Iuka residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Iuka include Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French.
The most common language spoken in Iuka is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.