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Leakesville - McLain, MS

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Overview


Leakesville - McLain is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 2,725 people and just one neighborhood, Leakesville - McLain is the 102nd largest community in Mississippi.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Leakesville - McLain is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Leakesville - McLain is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leakesville - McLain who work in healthcare (13.12%), sales jobs (10.35%), and management occupations (9.99%).

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Leakesville - McLain is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Leakesville - McLain, the average commute to work is 31.21 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Leakesville - McLain is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.74% of adults 25 and older in Leakesville - McLain have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Leakesville - McLain in 2022 was $22,496, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,984 for a family of four. However, Leakesville - McLain contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Leakesville - McLain is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Length of Commute

Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 13.1% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.9% of all neighborhoods in America.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 28 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.1% of America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Leakesville - McLain are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.7% of U.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, 40.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.7%), and 10.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% of households.

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 Leakesville - McLain, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (14.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.0%), and residents who report German roots (4.1%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.8%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.7%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America. However, there is also a significant group of residents (13.1%) who commute over an hour in each direction.

Here most residents (78.4%) 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 (19.7%) . 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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