Kiln is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Kiln enrolled in college, Kiln has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
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!) Kiln 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. Kiln has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kiln than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kiln may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Kiln doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Kiln ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.52% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Kiln in 2022 was $28,907, 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 $115,628 for a family of four. However, Kiln contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Kiln home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kiln residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kiln include German, French, Irish, English, and Eastern European.
The most common language spoken in Kiln is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
