Calhoun City - Derma is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 2,310 people and just one neighborhood, Calhoun City - Derma is the 109th largest community in Mississippi.
When you are in Calhoun City - Derma, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 46.88% of Calhoun City - Derma’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Calhoun City - Derma is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Calhoun City - Derma who work in sales jobs (13.02%), office and administrative support (9.27%), and food service (6.15%).
Also of interest is that Calhoun City - Derma has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Calhoun City - Derma 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. Calhoun City - Derma has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Calhoun City - Derma than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Calhoun City - Derma may be for you.
Calhoun City - Derma is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Calhoun City - Derma with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.01% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Calhoun City - Derma in 2022 was $21,227, 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 $84,908 for a family of four. However, Calhoun City - Derma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Calhoun City - Derma is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Calhoun City - Derma home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Calhoun City - Derma residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Calhoun City - Derma include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Calhoun City - Derma is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 94.4% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.3% of all American neighborhoods.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 98.0% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
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 Calhoun City - Derma are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 91.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 38.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.3% 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, 46.9% 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 23.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (16.4%), and 13.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.5%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Calhoun City - Derma, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (6.5%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (2.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (2.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.3%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (1.3%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (94.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.