Tylertown is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,471 people and four associated neighborhoods, Tylertown is the 147th largest community in Mississippi.When you are in Tylertown, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 47.50% of Tylertown’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Tylertown is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tylertown who work in teaching (10.79%), office and administrative support (8.05%), and healthcare (7.89%). Also of interest is that Tylertown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small town, Tylertown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Tylertown rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.09% of adults 25 and older in Tylertown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Tylertown in 2022 was $19,939, 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 $79,756 for a family of four. However, Tylertown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tylertown also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.21% of its population below the federal poverty line.Tylertown is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Tylertown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tylertown residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Tylertown include Irish, German, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Tylertown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
