Tylertown is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,467 people and four associated neighborhoods, Tylertown is the 147th largest community in Mississippi.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Tylertown is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.29% of the Tylertown workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Tylertown is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tylertown who work in office and administrative support (11.72%), teaching (11.57%), and healthcare (7.76%). Also of interest is that Tylertown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small town, Tylertown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Tylertown overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Tylertown, 22.22% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Tylertown in 2022 was $18,792, 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 $75,168 for a family of four. However, Tylertown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tylertown also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.42% of its population below the federal poverty line.Tylertown is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Tylertown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tylertown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tylertown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.85% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tylertown include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Tylertown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
