Quitman is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,973 people and three associated neighborhoods, Quitman is the 117th largest community in Mississippi.Unlike some cities, Quitman isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Quitman are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Quitman is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Quitman who work in sales jobs (15.95%), food service (13.72%), and office and administrative support (13.56%). It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Quitman 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. Quitman has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Quitman than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Quitman may be for you. One of the benefits of Quitman is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.19 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. As is often the case in a small city, Quitman doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Quitman are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.84% of adults in Quitman having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Quitman in 2022 was $28,537, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,148 for a family of four. However, Quitman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Quitman is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Quitman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Quitman residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Quitman include English, Irish, Haitian, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Quitman is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
