Courtland is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 468 people and just one neighborhood, Courtland is the 215th largest community in Mississippi.
Courtland is a blue-collar town, with 40.47% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Courtland is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Courtland who work in sales jobs (17.41%), healthcare suport services (9.88%), and healthcare (5.18%).
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, Courtland has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Courtland a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Courtland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Courtland with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.51% of adults in Courtland have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Courtland in 2022 was $14,567, which is low income relative to Mississippi and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $58,268 for a family of four. However, Courtland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Courtland is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Courtland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Courtland residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Courtland include Irish, English, German, African, and Acadian/Cajun.
The most common language spoken in Courtland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Courtland, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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 Courtland are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 40.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 89.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 33.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 25.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.2%), and 18.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Courtland, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (9.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.5%), and residents who report Scottish roots (3.5%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (2.9%), along with some African ancestry residents (2.9%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (85.5%) 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 (11.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.