Schlater is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 222 people and just one neighborhood, Schlater is the 259th largest community in Mississippi.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Schlater is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.56% of the Schlater workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Schlater is a town of sales and office workers, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Schlater who work in office and administrative support (33.33%), farm management occupations (17.78%), and maintenance occupations (8.89%).
Another important characteristic of Schlater is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
Schlater’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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!) Schlater 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. Schlater has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Schlater than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Schlater may be for you.
One downside of living in Schlater, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.39 minutes every day commuting to work.
Schlater is a very car-oriented town. 97.78% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Schlater is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Schlater has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Being a small town, Schlater does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Schlater is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.29% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Schlater in 2022 was $22,820, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,280 for a family of four. However, Schlater contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Schlater is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Schlater home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Schlater residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Schlater include English, African, Scottish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Schlater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 15.7% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 99.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
If you are planning to retire in Mississippi, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Mississippi, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 99.3% of neighborhoods in MS. If a Mississippi retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 4 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.5% of America.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.1% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.1% of all American neighborhoods.
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 Schlater are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 33.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 84.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 24.7% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 23.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.8%), and 15.7% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.5% 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 Schlater, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (4.7%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (1.7%), and residents who report African roots (1.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (1.3%).
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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (89.1%) 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 (10.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.