Verona is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 2,732 people and just one neighborhood, Verona is the 101st largest community in Mississippi.
When you are in Verona, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 44.87% of Verona’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Verona is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Verona who work in sales jobs (12.51%), office and administrative support (12.29%), and food service (8.80%).
One of the benefits of Verona is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.71 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small city, Verona doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Verona has a very low overall level of education: only 8.66% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Verona in 2022 was $21,279, which is lower middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $85,116 for a family of four.
Verona is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Verona home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Verona residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Verona include Scottish, English, Irish, German, and Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Verona is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 43.2% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 96.3% of American neighborhoods.
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 Verona are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 43.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.5% 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, 43.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 26.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.4%), and 12.2% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.1%).
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 Verona, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (4.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (2.5%), and residents who report German roots (2.1%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.7%).
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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (86.7%) 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 (13.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.