New Hebron is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 367 people and just one neighborhood, New Hebron is the 237th largest community in Mississippi.
When you are in New Hebron, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.41% of New Hebron’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, New Hebron is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Hebron who work in healthcare (15.90%), teaching (12.31%), and maintenance occupations (9.23%).
New Hebron’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One downside of living in New Hebron is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In New Hebron, the average commute to work is 31.33 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, New Hebron does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of New Hebron is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.45% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in New Hebron in 2022 was $28,769, 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 $115,076 for a family of four. However, New Hebron contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
New Hebron is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call New Hebron home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Hebron residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in New Hebron include Irish, English, French, Welsh, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in New Hebron is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and African languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.5% of all neighborhoods in America, with 38.7% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 24 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.9% of America.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
With a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 87.9% of the neighborhoods in MS. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in New Hebron are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 78.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 42.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.1%), and 11.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.9% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in New Hebron, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (5.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (3.8%), and residents who report German roots (2.9%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (1.1%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.1%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (85.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (13.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.