Quitman is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,985 people and three associated neighborhoods, Quitman is the 117th largest community in Mississippi.Unlike some cities, Quitman isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Quitman are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Quitman is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Quitman who work in sales jobs (15.95%), food service (13.72%), and office and administrative support (13.56%). It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Quitman 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. Quitman has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Quitman than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Quitman may be for you. 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 15.19 minutes getting to work every day. Quitman is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Quitman citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.84% of adults in Quitman have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Quitman in 2022 was $28,537, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,148 for a family of four. However, Quitman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Quitman is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Quitman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Quitman residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Quitman include English, Irish, Haitian, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Quitman is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
