Quitman is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,973 people and three associated neighborhoods, Quitman is the 117th largest community in Mississippi.Unlike some cities, Quitman isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Quitman are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Quitman is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Quitman who work in office and administrative support (23.21%), sales jobs (11.29%), and teaching (7.63%). Of important note, Quitman is also a city of artists. Quitman has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Quitman’s character. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.18% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Quitman has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Quitman has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Quitman than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Quitman may be for you. Quitman is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Quitman is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.88% of adults 25 and older in Quitman have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Quitman in 2022 was $26,262, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,048 for a family of four. However, Quitman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Quitman is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Quitman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Quitman residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Quitman include Haitian, English, Irish, German, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Quitman is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
