Gautier is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 18,977 people and six associated neighborhoods, Gautier is the 21st largest community in Mississippi.Gautier is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Gautier is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gautier who work in office and administrative support (12.61%), sales jobs (11.51%), and management occupations (10.24%). Gautier is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. Being a small city, Gautier does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Gautier are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.20% of adults in Gautier having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Gautier in 2022 was $29,782, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,128 for a family of four. However, Gautier contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gautier is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gautier home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gautier residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Gautier also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.30% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gautier include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Gautier is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
