It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Coldwater 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. Coldwater has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Coldwater than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Coldwater may be for you.
Being a small town, Coldwater does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Coldwater, just 10.93% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Coldwater in 2022 was $27,257, 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 $109,028 for a family of four. However, Coldwater contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Coldwater also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.98% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Coldwater is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Coldwater home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coldwater residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Coldwater include French, Dutch, Irish, British, and English.
The most common language spoken in Coldwater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
