Raleigh is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,081 people and two associated neighborhoods, Raleigh is the 169th largest community in Mississippi.
The overall crime rate in Raleigh is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Raleigh has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Raleigh a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Raleigh does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Raleigh, just 10.87% 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 Raleigh in 2022 was $19,301, which is lower middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $77,204 for a family of four. However, Raleigh contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Raleigh is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Raleigh home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Raleigh residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Raleigh include English, Irish, Scottish, German, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Raleigh is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese and Spanish.