Inverness is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 821 people and just one neighborhood, Inverness is the 184th largest community in Mississippi.
Unlike some towns, Inverness isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Inverness are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Inverness is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Inverness who work in office and administrative support (23.63%), management occupations (21.89%), and teaching (7.71%).
Also of interest is that Inverness has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Inverness’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
Inverness is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Inverness who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.45% of the adults in Inverness have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Inverness in 2022 was $25,428, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,712 for a family of four. However, Inverness contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Inverness is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Inverness home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Inverness residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Inverness include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Inverness is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 18 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Inverness are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 9.4% 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 52.2% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 34.6% 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 26.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (20.8%), and 17.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Inverness, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (6.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (4.2%), and residents who report Mexican roots (3.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (3.4%).
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (88.4%) 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 (5.7%) and 5.3% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.