Lauderdale is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 395 people and just one neighborhood, Lauderdale is the 235th largest community in Mississippi.
Lauderdale real estate is some of the most expensive in Mississippi, although Lauderdale house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
When you are in Lauderdale, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 82.11% of Lauderdale’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Lauderdale is a town of production and manufacturing workers, transportation and shipping workers, and farmers, fishers, or foresters. There are especially a lot of people living in Lauderdale who work in farm management occupations (22.11%), business and financial occupations (9.47%), and sales jobs (8.42%).
Another important characteristic of Lauderdale is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
A relatively large number of people in Lauderdale telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 22.11% 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.
The overall crime rate in Lauderdale is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
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!) Lauderdale 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. Lauderdale has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lauderdale than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lauderdale may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Lauderdale doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Lauderdale ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 0.00% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lauderdale in 2022 was $31,446, which is wealthy relative to Mississippi, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,784 for a family of four. However, Lauderdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lauderdale is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lauderdale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lauderdale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lauderdale include English, Scots-Irish, German, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Lauderdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 40 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 90.9% of 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, 6.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Lauderdale are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.6% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 51.6% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 48.0% 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 40.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions (6.5%), and 5.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.
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 Lauderdale, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (9.0%). There are also a number of people of Scots-Irish ancestry (6.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.3%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.3%), among others.
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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (68.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (21.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.