Seminary is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 294 people and two associated neighborhoods, Seminary is the 249th largest community in Mississippi.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Seminary is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Seminary is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Seminary who work in business and financial occupations (10.89%), office and administrative support (9.90%), and healthcare (9.90%). The overall crime rate in Seminary 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. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Seminary has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Seminary a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Seminary, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.33 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Seminary does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Seminary who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.70% of adults in Seminary have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Seminary in 2022 was $29,691, 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 $118,764 for a family of four. However, Seminary contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Seminary is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Seminary home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Seminary residents report their race to be White. Seminary also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.17% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Seminary include English, Irish, German, Swedish, and Maltese. The most common language spoken in Seminary is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
