They are served by a middle school, six primary schools and two kindergartens. The people of Hsinkang are mostly farmers whose main crop is rice, followed by peanuts and vegetables.
奉天宮等大小廟宇，每年將收入的香油錢，除去廟宇本身的開銷及整建裝修所需經費外，大多本著「取之於社會，用之於社會」的原則捐獻出來，作為地方建設之用。以去年為例，他們就捐出了新台幣一千萬元，配合鄉公所的計畫修築環鄉公路。