Belhaven
Belhaven is Jackson's old-money walkable: tree canopy, brick streets, bungalows and four-squares wrapped around Millsaps and Belhaven University. Fondren is the louder neighbor that gets the press, but Belhaven is where people who can choose actually choose to live. Walk to Bravo, coffee at Sneaky Beans, a porch beer that turns into three. The tradeoff is honest: supply is tight, prices reflect it, and the housing stock is old enough to have opinions about your HVAC bill. For a date that does not need a car, it is the easiest yes in town.
Belhaven by the numbers
Belhaven runs male-heavy, about 53% men to 47% women.
Median individual income in Belhaven is about $30,000.
Mississippi doesn’t register by party; by the 2024 presidential vote Hinds County leaned heavily Democratic, about 72% Harris to 26% Trump (the suburban Rankin/Madison counties lean Republican).
The median renter in Belhaven pays about $890 a month.
About 1,900 Belhaven residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Martin's Downtown
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Elvie's
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Urban Foxes
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Native Coffee
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Names and Faces Lounge
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Poppy Pies
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Wing Mouth
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Pulito Osteria
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Eudora Welty House & Garden
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Smith Robertson Museum
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1908 Provisions
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Mayday Icecream Belhaven
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Skinny's aka 123 Depot
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Shoe Bird Cafe
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Blue Chip Lounge