Bassfield is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 180 people and just one neighborhood, Bassfield is the 265th largest community in Mississippi.
When you are in Bassfield, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.58% of Bassfield’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Bassfield is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Bassfield who work in management occupations (30.43%), office and administrative support (20.29%), and sales jobs (2.90%).
Because of many things, Bassfield is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Bassfield really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Bassfield perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Bassfield 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. Bassfield has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bassfield than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bassfield may be for you.
The education level of Bassfield citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.88% of adults in Bassfield have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Bassfield in 2022 was $17,882, which is low income relative to Mississippi and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,528 for a family of four. However, Bassfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bassfield also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.44% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Bassfield is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bassfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bassfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bassfield include Irish, African, European, German, and English.
The most common language spoken in Bassfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
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.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.3% of all neighborhoods in America, with 30.4% 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, 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 92.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 95.0% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry.
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 Bassfield are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 50.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 38.9% 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 26.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.5%), and 9.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households.
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 Bassfield, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (5.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (4.9%), and residents who report Danish roots (3.0%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (1.7%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (1.6%), among others.
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 (39.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.7%) 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 (12.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.