Braxton is a tiny village located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 181 people and just one neighborhood, Braxton is the 266th largest community in Mississippi.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Braxton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.47% of the Braxton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Braxton is a village of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Braxton who work in office and administrative support (21.92%), food service (13.70%), and healthcare suport services (5.48%).
The village 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, Braxton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Braxton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Braxton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Braxton, the average commute to work is 41.73 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small village, Braxton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Braxton, just 7.38% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Braxton in 2022 was $16,772, which is low income relative to Mississippi and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,088 for a family of four. However, Braxton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Braxton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 47.27% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Braxton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Braxton residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Braxton include German, Irish, European, Dutch, and Greek.
The most common language spoken in Braxton is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
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.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.7% of all neighborhoods in America, with 39.7% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 40 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Our research reveals that 89.6% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Braxton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 16.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.1% 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, 35.0% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 24.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.2%), and 18.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.9% 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 Braxton, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (4.5%), and residents who report Scottish roots (2.5%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.3%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.8%), 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (89.6%) 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 (6.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.