Pearl is a medium-sized city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 28,117 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Pearl is the 12th largest community in Mississippi.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pearl is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pearl is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pearl who work in office and administrative support (12.53%), sales jobs (9.12%), and healthcare (8.86%). Also of interest is that Pearl has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small city, Pearl does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Pearl who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.27% of adults in Pearl have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Pearl in 2022 was $33,913, which is wealthy relative to Mississippi, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,652 for a family of four. However, Pearl contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pearl is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pearl home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pearl residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pearl include English, Irish, German, European, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Pearl is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
