Sardis is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,696 people and three associated neighborhoods, Sardis is the 138th largest community in Mississippi.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Sardis is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.04% of the Sardis workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Sardis is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sardis who work in office and administrative support (15.63%), business and financial occupations (12.60%), and food service (8.93%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Sardis has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Sardis a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Sardis 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 population of Sardis has a very low overall level of education: only 9.86% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Sardis in 2022 was $20,901, 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 $83,604 for a family of four. Sardis also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.12% of its population below the federal poverty line.Sardis is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Sardis home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sardis residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Sardis include English, French, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Sardis is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
