Bude - Meadville is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,865 people and just one neighborhood, Bude - Meadville is the 133rd largest community in Mississippi.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bude - Meadville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bude - Meadville is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bude - Meadville who work in food service (15.03%), office and administrative support (10.26%), and sales jobs (10.12%).
Bude - Meadville 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.
In terms of college education, Bude - Meadville is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.36% of adults 25 and older in Bude - Meadville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bude - Meadville in 2022 was $18,987, 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 $75,948 for a family of four. However, Bude - Meadville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bude - Meadville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 39.47% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Bude - Meadville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bude - Meadville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bude - Meadville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bude - Meadville include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Bude - Meadville is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Arabic.
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 Bude - Meadville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
One of the unique characteristics of the neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America. Also of note, 61.6% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.3% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.6% of all American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry and 2.9% have French Canadian ancestry.
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 Bude - Meadville are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 96.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 61.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 97.2% 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, 30.6% 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 28.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (26.4%), and 14.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.5% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Bude - Meadville, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (7.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (5.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.5%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (3.3%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (2.9%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (89.3%) 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 (6.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.