Coffeeville is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 779 people and just one neighborhood, Coffeeville is the 190th largest community in Mississippi.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Coffeeville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 51.71% of the Coffeeville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Coffeeville is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Coffeeville who work in office and administrative support (7.79%), personal care services (7.79%), and teaching (6.85%).
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Coffeeville is worth considering.
As is often the case in a small town, Coffeeville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Coffeeville has a very low overall level of education: only 9.43% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Coffeeville in 2022 was $18,123, which is low income relative to Mississippi and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $72,492 for a family of four.
Coffeeville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Coffeeville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coffeeville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Coffeeville include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Coffeeville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese and Polish.
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.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 17 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Coffeeville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 28.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 79.4% of U.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, 32.3% 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 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.0%), and 17.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Coffeeville, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (7.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (5.0%), and residents who report English roots (3.4%).
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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (87.7%) 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 (9.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.