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Bassfield, MS

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Overview


Bassfield is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 186 people and just one neighborhood, Bassfield is the 265th largest community in Mississippi.

Occupations and Workforce

Bassfield is a blue-collar town, with 48.91% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Bassfield is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bassfield who work in office and administrative support (23.91%), management occupations (23.91%), and maintenance occupations (2.17%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Bassfield’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Bassfield has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bassfield a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Bassfield, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.70 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Bassfield doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The citizens of Bassfield are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.17% of adults in Bassfield have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Bassfield in 2018 was $16,926, which is low income relative to Mississippi and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,704 for a family of four. Bassfield also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.18% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Bassfield is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bassfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bassfield residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Bassfield include Irish, African, European, German, and English.

The most common language spoken in Bassfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 33 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

People

The neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (54.7%) than found in 95.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Bassfield are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 54.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 37.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.7%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Bassfield, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (5.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (2.2%), and residents who report Sub-Saharan African roots (2.2%), and some of the residents are also of African ancestry (2.2%).

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (87.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (6.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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