Bay Springs is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,488 people and two associated neighborhoods, Bay Springs is the 141st largest community in Mississippi.When you are in Bay Springs, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 44.83% of Bay Springs’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Bay Springs is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bay Springs who work in sales jobs (13.46%), healthcare (11.78%), and teaching (7.33%). Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Bay Springs is worth considering. Being a small city, Bay Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Bay Springs who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.62% of the adults in Bay Springs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Bay Springs in 2022 was $29,094, 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 $116,376 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, European, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Bay Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
