Plantersville is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 843 people and just one neighborhood, Plantersville is the 184th largest community in Mississippi.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Plantersville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Plantersville is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Plantersville who work in sales jobs (17.63%), office and administrative support (15.46%), and teaching (11.84%).
Being a small town, Plantersville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Plantersville with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.40% of adults in Plantersville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Plantersville in 2022 was $22,205, 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 $88,820 for a family of four. However, Plantersville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Plantersville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.05% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Plantersville is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Plantersville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Plantersville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Plantersville include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Plantersville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and African languages.
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 88.9% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.0% of all American neighborhoods.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 33.1% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 95.0% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Significantly, 1.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Plantersville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 16.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 39.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 21.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.5%), and 18.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households.
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 Plantersville, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (12.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (7.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.5%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (3.0%), along with some African ancestry residents (3.0%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (58.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (88.9%) 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 (8.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.