Courtland is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 468 people and just one neighborhood, Courtland is the 215th largest community in Mississippi.
Courtland is a blue-collar town, with 40.47% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Courtland is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Courtland who work in sales jobs (17.41%), healthcare suport services (9.88%), and healthcare (5.18%).
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, Courtland has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Courtland a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Courtland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Courtland with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.51% of adults in Courtland have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Courtland in 2022 was $14,567, which is low income relative to Mississippi and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $58,268 for a family of four. However, Courtland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Courtland is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Courtland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Courtland residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Courtland include Irish, English, German, African, and Acadian/Cajun.
The most common language spoken in Courtland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
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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 Courtland are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 40.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 89.7% 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, 33.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 25.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.2%), and 18.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 Courtland, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (9.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.5%), and residents who report Scottish roots (3.5%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (2.9%), along with some African ancestry residents (2.9%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (85.5%) 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 (11.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.