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Calhoun City - Derma, MS

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Overview


Calhoun City - Derma is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 2,320 people and just one neighborhood, Calhoun City - Derma is the 109th largest community in Mississippi.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Calhoun City - Derma, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 44.03% of Calhoun City - Derma’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Calhoun City - Derma is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Calhoun City - Derma who work in sales jobs (17.14%), office and administrative support (10.85%), and food service (4.88%).

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, Calhoun City - Derma is worth considering.

As is often the case in a small town, Calhoun City - Derma doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Calhoun City - Derma with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.63% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Calhoun City - Derma in 2022 was $24,012, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,048 for a family of four. However, Calhoun City - Derma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Calhoun City - Derma is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 93.4% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 42.4% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 95.8% of American neighborhoods.

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 Calhoun City - Derma are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 31.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.3% 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, 42.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.3%), and 14.0% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% 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 Calhoun City - Derma, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (8.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (2.9%), and residents who report Puerto Rican roots (2.1%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (1.7%).

Getting to Work

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 (38.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (93.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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