Schlater is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 222 people and just one neighborhood, Schlater is the 259th largest community in Mississippi.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Schlater is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.56% of the Schlater workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Schlater is a town of sales and office workers, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Schlater who work in office and administrative support (33.33%), farm management occupations (17.78%), and maintenance occupations (8.89%).
Another important characteristic of Schlater is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
Schlater’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Schlater 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. Schlater has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Schlater than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Schlater may be for you.
One downside of living in Schlater, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.39 minutes every day commuting to work.
Schlater is a very car-oriented town. 97.78% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Schlater is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Schlater has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Being a small town, Schlater does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Schlater is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.29% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Schlater in 2022 was $22,820, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,280 for a family of four. However, Schlater contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Schlater is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Schlater home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Schlater residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Schlater include English, African, Scottish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Schlater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.5% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
If you are planning to retire in Mississippi, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Mississippi, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 99.3% of neighborhoods in MS. If a Mississippi retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 4 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.5% of America.
Our research reveals that 89.1% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Schlater are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 33.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 84.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 24.7% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 23.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.8%), and 15.7% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.5% 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 Schlater, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (4.7%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (1.7%), and residents who report African roots (1.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (1.3%).
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (89.1%) 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 (10.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.