Seminary is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 294 people and two associated neighborhoods, Seminary is the 249th largest community in Mississippi.Seminary is a blue-collar town, with 45.28% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Seminary is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Seminary who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (9.43%), office and administrative support (7.55%), and teaching (7.55%). Seminary’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. One downside of living in Seminary is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Seminary, the average commute to work is 34.29 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Seminary does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Seminary who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.64% of adults in Seminary have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Seminary in 2022 was $24,798, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,192 for a family of four. However, Seminary contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Seminary is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Seminary home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Seminary residents report their race to be White. Seminary also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.71% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Seminary include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Seminary is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
