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Plantersville, MS

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Overview


Plantersville is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 849 people and just one neighborhood, Plantersville is the 184th largest community in Mississippi.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Plantersville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Plantersville is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Plantersville who work in office and administrative support (14.61%), sales jobs (11.24%), and food service (11.24%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The citizens of Plantersville are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.35% of adults in Plantersville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Plantersville in 2018 was $19,792, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $79,168 for a family of four. However, Plantersville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Plantersville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.49% of its population below the federal poverty line.

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

The most common language spoken in Plantersville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Significantly, 1.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Plantersville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.9% 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, 35.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 23.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.5%), and 17.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.3%).

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 Plantersville, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (10.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (3.9%), and residents who report English roots (3.0%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (2.1%), along with some Native American ancestry residents (1.3%), 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 (51.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.5%) 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 (10.9%) . 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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