Financial Literacy in Coffeeville, MS
About 779 people live in Coffeeville, Mississippi. The population has declined 2.3% since 2020, from 797 to 779. The median age is 41.8.
6.6% of Coffeeville residents 25 and older have completed a bachelor's degree or more. That sits 11.1 points below the Mississippi average of 17.7%. Put the other way round: of the 620 adults 25 and over counted in the 2019–2023 ACS, roughly 579 — 93.4% — are building their financial lives without a four-year degree behind them.
The typical household here earns $26,389 a year. That is $18,355 below the Mississippi median. Roughly 36.9% of residents live below the poverty line, which puts real weight on decisions about credit, rent and emergency savings. The median home is valued at $81,700 — about 3.1× the median household income, a ratio that makes the arithmetic of a mortgage worth understanding before signing one.
Coffeeville by the numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Population (2024) | 779 |
| Change since 2020 | -2.3% |
| Median household income | $26,389 |
| Adults 25+ with a bachelor’s degree | 6.6% |
| Adults 25+ with a high school diploma | 75.3% |
| Median age | 41.8 |
| Poverty rate | 36.9% |
| Unemployment rate | 3% |
| Median home value | $81,700 |
| Land area | 2.144 sq mi |
| Population density | 363 / sq mi |
What Mississippi teaches — and to whom
Mississippi already requires 1 semester of personal finance — taught within College & Career Readiness — for a high school diploma, a rule in force since the graduating class of 2022. That covers students still in the system. It does nothing for the adults already out of it — which, in Coffeeville, is most of the people reading this.
LearnLife organises this the way the decisions actually arrive: Money — budgeting, credit, debt and taxes — the mechanics nobody is formally taught; Legal literacy — leases, contracts, employment rights and what a signature actually commits you to; Emotional regulation — the self-management that decides whether the other skills ever get used.
Where to start in Coffeeville
Build a buffer before anything else
With 36.9% of Coffeeville living below the poverty line, the single highest-return skill here is cash-flow control: knowing what actually lands each month, what leaves automatically, and how to build even a small buffer between the two. A few hundred dollars of slack is the difference between a car repair being an inconvenience and it being a payday loan.
Questions people ask about Coffeeville
Do high school students in Coffeeville, Mississippi have to take a personal finance class?
Yes. Mississippi requires 1 semester, taught within College & Career Readiness, to graduate, in force since the class of 2022.
How many adults in Coffeeville, Mississippi have a college degree?
6.6% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor's degree or higher, based on the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey. The remaining 93.4% are managing their finances without one.
What is the median household income in Coffeeville, Mississippi?
$26,389, per the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey.
Where can adults in Coffeeville, Mississippi learn personal finance?
Graduation requirements only ever reach people still in school. For adults, LearnLife covers the same ground on demand — money, legal literacy and the self-management that decides whether either gets used.
Start with whichever one is costing you money right now.
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