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Braxton, MS

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Overview


Braxton is a tiny village located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 181 people and just one neighborhood, Braxton is the 266th largest community in Mississippi.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Braxton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.47% of Braxton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Braxton is a village of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Braxton who work in office and administrative support (21.92%), food service (13.70%), and healthcare suport services (5.48%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Braxton has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Braxton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Braxton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Braxton may be for you.

One downside of living in Braxton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Braxton, the average commute to work is 41.73 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small village, Braxton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The population of Braxton has a very low overall level of education: only 7.38% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Braxton in 2018 was $16,772, which is low income relative to Mississippi and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,088 for a family of four. However, Braxton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Braxton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 47.27% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Braxton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Braxton residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Braxton include German, Irish, European, Dutch, and Greek.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Braxton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.7% of all neighborhoods in America, with 39.7% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 40 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 90.8% of America.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 89.6% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Braxton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 16.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 35.0% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 24.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.2%), and 18.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.9% 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 Braxton, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (4.5%), and residents who report Scottish roots (2.5%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.3%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.8%), among others.

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 (39.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (89.6%) 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 (6.4%) . 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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