Bay Springs is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,622 people and two associated neighborhoods, Bay Springs is the 141st largest community in Mississippi.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bay Springs is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bay Springs is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bay Springs who work in sales jobs (16.10%), healthcare (15.18%), and office and administrative support (8.28%). 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.In terms of college education, Bay Springs is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.92% of adults 25 and older 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.
