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Myrtle, MS

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Overview


Myrtle is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 486 people and just one neighborhood, Myrtle is the 212th largest community in Mississippi.

Myrtle real estate is some of the most expensive in Mississippi, although Myrtle house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Myrtle, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 48.49% of Myrtle’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Myrtle is a town of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Myrtle who work in sales jobs (8.49%), healthcare (7.12%), and personal care services (6.85%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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, Myrtle has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Myrtle a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Myrtle is a very car-oriented town. 97.25% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Myrtle is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Myrtle has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

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

Demographics

The population of Myrtle has a very low overall level of education: only 6.87% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Myrtle in 2018 was $23,951, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,804 for a family of four. However, Myrtle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Myrtle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 97.3% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.8% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

People

Astoundingly, the neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular Myrtle neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish 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 Myrtle are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 8.1% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 55.6% of America'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, 46.3% 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 29.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.6%), and 7.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Myrtle, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.2%), and residents who report German roots (5.0%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (1.3%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.3%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (97.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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