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Mound Bayou - Merigold, MS

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Overview


Mound Bayou - Merigold is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 2,690 people and just one neighborhood, Mound Bayou - Merigold is the 98th largest community in Mississippi.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mound Bayou - Merigold is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mound Bayou - Merigold is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mound Bayou - Merigold who work in teaching (18.92%), office and administrative support (13.77%), and sales jobs (8.97%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Being a small town, Mound Bayou - Merigold does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of Mound Bayou - Merigold citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.04% of adults in Mound Bayou - Merigold have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Mound Bayou - Merigold in 2018 was $16,077, which is low income relative to Mississippi and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $64,308 for a family of four. However, Mound Bayou - Merigold contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mound Bayou - Merigold also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 41.46% of its population below the federal poverty line.

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

The most common language spoken in Mound Bayou - Merigold is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.

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.

People

The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 95.2% of the neighborhoods in the United States. Also of note, 70.3% 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.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more African and Sub-Saharan African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.3% of this neighborhood's residents have African ancestry and 12.3% have Sub-Saharan 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 Mound Bayou - Merigold are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 70.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 98.5% 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, 35.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 23.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.0%), and 16.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Mound Bayou - Merigold, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (12.3%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report Italian roots (5.0%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (2.6%).

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 (47.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (83.2%) 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 (11.1%) . 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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