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Potts Camp, MS

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Overview


Potts Camp is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 409 people and just one neighborhood, Potts Camp is the 227th largest community in Mississippi.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Potts Camp isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Potts Camp are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Potts Camp is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Potts Camp who work in food service (16.22%), sales jobs (15.32%), and management occupations (11.71%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Potts Camp is worth considering.

One downside of living in Potts Camp is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Potts Camp, the average commute to work is 35.31 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Potts Camp does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The citizens of Potts Camp are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.57% of adults in Potts Camp have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Potts Camp in 2022 was $20,473, 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 $81,892 for a family of four. Potts Camp also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 40.65% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Potts Camp is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Potts Camp home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Potts Camp residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Potts Camp include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and British.

The most common language spoken in Potts Camp is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Potts Camp, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 18 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Cuban ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Cuban ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Potts Camp are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 50.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 39.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 34.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.3%), and 4.3% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Potts Camp, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (11.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.2%), and residents who report German roots (7.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (7.5%), along with some Cuban ancestry residents (5.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (83.2%) 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 (11.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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