Aberdeen is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 4,848 people and four associated neighborhoods, Aberdeen is the 67th largest community in Mississippi.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Aberdeen is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 52.17% of the Aberdeen workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Aberdeen is a city of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Aberdeen who work in office and administrative support (9.72%), healthcare (7.27%), and healthcare suport services (6.53%). A relatively large number of people in Aberdeen telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.94% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The city 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, Aberdeen has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Aberdeen a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small city, Aberdeen does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Aberdeen, just 11.73% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Aberdeen in 2022 was $28,278, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $113,112 for a family of four. However, Aberdeen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Aberdeen is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Aberdeen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Aberdeen residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Aberdeen include English, Irish, German, African, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in Aberdeen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and Italian.
