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Friars Point - Jonestown, MS

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Overview


Friars Point - Jonestown is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 2,649 people and just one neighborhood, Friars Point - Jonestown is the 97th largest community in Mississippi.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Friars Point - Jonestown isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Friars Point - Jonestown are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Friars Point - Jonestown is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Friars Point - Jonestown who work in food service (11.43%), management occupations (10.40%), and sales jobs (10.09%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Friars Point - Jonestown’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

Friars Point - Jonestown is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Friars Point - Jonestown is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.90% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Friars Point - Jonestown in 2018 was $20,336, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $81,344 for a family of four. Friars Point - Jonestown also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 49.72% of its population below the federal poverty line.

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

The most common language spoken in Friars Point - Jonestown 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 Friars Point - Jonestown, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

One of the unique characteristics of the neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 98.7% of the neighborhoods in America. Also of note, 59.3% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.

Occupations

From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 98.0% of all American neighborhoods.

Furthermore, it used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 4.1% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 95.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

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 16 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.1% of this neighborhood's residents have African ancestry.

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 Friars Point - Jonestown are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 98.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 59.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.6% 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, 43.7% 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 executive, management, and professional occupations, with 21.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (17.1%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% 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 Friars Point - Jonestown, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (9.1%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (9.1%), and residents who report English roots (4.1%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.4%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (1.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (86.4%) 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 (7.1%) . 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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