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!) Mendenhall 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. Mendenhall has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mendenhall than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mendenhall may be for you.
The education level of Mendenhall citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.34% of adults in Mendenhall have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Mendenhall in 2022 was $24,173, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,692 for a family of four. However, Mendenhall contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mendenhall also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.67% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Mendenhall is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mendenhall home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mendenhall residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mendenhall include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Mendenhall is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
