In addition, Ellisville is a college town. There are a lot of students in Ellisville attending college, and as a result Ellisville provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.35 minutes getting to work every day.
The percentage of adults in Ellisville who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.62% of the adults in Ellisville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ellisville in 2022 was $17,020, which is low income relative to Mississippi and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $68,080 for a family of four. However, Ellisville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ellisville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.59% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Ellisville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ellisville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ellisville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ellisville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.05% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ellisville include Irish, German, English, French, and Lebanese.
The most common language spoken in Ellisville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
