Kiln is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 2,224 people and three associated neighborhoods, Kiln is the 115th largest community in Mississippi. Much of the housing stock in Kiln was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Kiln economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Kiln, where the median household income is $54,276.00.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Kiln is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kiln is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kiln who work in healthcare (21.80%), office and administrative support (16.57%), and sales jobs (15.79%). Also of interest is that Kiln has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Kiln telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 37.60% 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.In addition, Kiln is a college town. There are a lot of students in Kiln attending college, and as a result Kiln provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students. 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!) Kiln 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. Kiln has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kiln than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kiln may be for you. Kiln 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, the citizens of Kiln rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.01% of adults 25 and older in Kiln have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Kiln in 2022 was $27,145, 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 $108,580 for a family of four. However, Kiln contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Kiln home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kiln residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Kiln include French, German, Irish, European, and English. The most common language spoken in Kiln is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
