West Point is a somewhat small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 9,885 people and four associated neighborhoods, West Point is the 43rd largest community in Mississippi.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, West Point is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, West Point is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Point who work in office and administrative support (16.48%), food service (9.56%), and sales jobs (7.83%). 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!) West Point 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. West Point has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in West Point than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, West Point may be for you. One of the benefits of West Point is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.75 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small city, West Point does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of West Point rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.48% of adults 25 and older in West Point 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 West Point in 2022 was $23,605, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,420 for a family of four. However, West Point contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. West Point is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Point home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Point residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in West Point include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in West Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Langs. of India.
