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Population (year 2000): 840. Estimated
population in July 2005: 810 (-3.6% change)
Males: 377 (44.9%), Females: 463 (55.1%)
Jasper County
Zip code:
39439
Median resident age: 38.5 years
Median household income: $21,062 (year 2000)
Median house value: $50,600 (year 2000)
Races in Heidelberg:
- Black (73.3%)
- White Non-Hispanic (26.2%)
Ancestries: United States (6.2%), English
(3.7%), Subsaharan African (3.2%), German (2.4%), Irish (2.0%).
Elevation: 324 feet
Land area: 5.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Heidelberg
- High school or higher: 76.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
- Unemployed: 6.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Heidelberg town
- Never married: 29.6%
- Now married: 41.9%
- Separated: 4.7%
- Widowed: 13.6%
- Divorced: 10.2%
3.9% Foreign born (3.7% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -140 (-14.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Heidelberg:
- SOUTH CENTRAL REG MED CTR (about 17 miles; LAUREL,
MS)
- JASPER GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; BAY
SPRINGS, MS)
- H C WATKINS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 25 miles;
QUITMAN, MS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Heidelberg:
- KEY FIELD (about 34 miles; MERIDIAN, MS; ID: MEI)
- HATTIESBURG-LAUREL REGIONAL (about 38 miles;
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL, MS; ID: PIB)
- JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 80 miles; JACKSON, MS;
ID: JAN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Heidelberg:
- THIGPEN FIELD (about 18 miles; BAY SPRINGS, MS; ID:
00M)
- HESLER-NOBLE FIELD (about 20 miles; LAUREL, MS; ID:
LUL)
- CLARKE COUNTY (about 23 miles; QUITMAN, MS; ID: 23M)
Amtrak station near Heidelberg:
- 17 miles: LAUREL (230 N. MAPLE ST.). Services:
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term
parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Heidelberg:
- JONES COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 26 miles;
ELLISVILLE, MS; Full-time enrollment: 4,072)
- MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 37 miles;
MERIDIAN, MS; FT enrollment: 2,455)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (about 54 miles;
HATTIESBURG, MS; FT enrollment: 12,541)
- MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 82
miles; PERKINSTON, MS; FT enrollment: 6,329)
- PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 85 miles;
POPLARVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 89 miles; JACKSON,
MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
- HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 96 miles; GOODMAN,
MS; FT enrollment: 2,485)
Public high schools in Heidelberg:
- HEIDELBERG HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 543;
Location: 804 NORTH PINE AVE; Grades: 07 - 12)
- JASPER CO CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER
(Location: 2419 HIGHWAY 528; Grades: 10 - 12)
Private high school in Heidelberg:
- HEIDELBERG ACADEMY (Students: 272; Location:
HWY 528 P O DRAWER Q; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Heidelberg:
- WILLIAM J BERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
672; Location: 1599 CR 35; Grades: KG - 06)
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