Falkner is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 430 people and just one neighborhood, Falkner is the 222nd largest community in Mississippi.
When you are in Falkner, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.22% of Falkner’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Falkner is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Falkner who work in office and administrative support (17.24%), sales jobs (15.95%), and maintenance occupations (11.64%).
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!) Falkner 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. Falkner has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Falkner than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Falkner may be for you.
Falkner 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.
The percentage of adults in Falkner who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.13% of the adults in Falkner have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Falkner in 2022 was $23,728, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,912 for a family of four. However, Falkner contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Falkner is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Falkner home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Falkner residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Falkner include Irish, English, German, European, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Falkner is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Our research reveals that 95.1% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 23.4% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 91.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
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 Falkner are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 36.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.3% 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, 39.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 30.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.7%), and 6.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.4%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Falkner, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (14.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.5%), and residents who report German roots (7.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (3.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.4%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (95.1%) 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.