An empowering culture that supports visionaries, Hattiesburg prides itself in its ever-growing community of human and economic talent. The region seeks to foster economic growth and stability, and that emphasis leads high-growth companies to choose Hattiesburg when picking a locale. New and expanding businesses in the Hattiesburg region include Hybrid Plastics, Saddle Creek, Pepsi South and Excel Injection Molding.

 

Hattiesburg knows in order to be an international venue where innovative ideas are actualized, you have to pursue unsurpassed talent and provide entrepreneurs with support above and beyond the norm. That’s why we have the Area Development Partnership, Trent Lott Center for Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, Business Launch Point and Noetic Technologies to help new businesses push the boundaries.

 

Hattiesburg’s diverse marketplace also includes healthcare anchors like Forrest General Hospital, Wesley Medical Center and Hattiesburg Clinic. A vibrant higher education sector is anchored by The University of Southern MS, along with William Carey University, Jones County Community College, and Pearl River Community College.

 

In quality of life, Hattiesburg optimizes opportunity for people in every season of life. Almost 150,000 residents and 24,000 college students call the Hattiesburg area home. Our cost of living is below the national average. Shopping choices range from a rejuvenated Downtown Hattiesburg to large commercial centers in West Hattiesburg. Recreational activities include cultural and sporting events at the area universities, Longleaf Trace (a rails-to-trails project with a parallel equestrian trail), Paul B. Johnson State Park and the restored eighty-year old Saenger Theater in Downtown Hattiesburg.

 

When you visit Hattiesburg, you'll see a community that believes in cultivating new ideas and human capital. We believe an individual’s potential is limited only by that person’s own vision and passion to see it through. With our drive to reshape culture, Hattiesburg’s potential becomes more limitless each and every day.