Courtland is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 467 people and just one neighborhood, Courtland is the 215th largest community in Mississippi.
Courtland is a blue-collar town, with 35.14% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Courtland is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Courtland who work in sales jobs (18.92%), healthcare suport services (15.54%), and office and administrative support (7.09%).
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, Courtland is worth considering.
One downside of living in Courtland is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Courtland, the average commute to work is 31.55 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Courtland doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Courtland has a very low overall level of education: only 9.46% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Courtland in 2022 was $11,361, which is low income relative to Mississippi and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $45,444 for a family of four. However, Courtland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Courtland is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Courtland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Courtland residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Courtland include Irish, English, German, Acadian/Cajun, and African.
The most common language spoken in Courtland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.4% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.7% of all American 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 Courtland are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 33.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 84.7% 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, 35.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.0%), and 17.7% 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 99.8% 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 Courtland, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (9.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.2%), and residents who report Scottish roots (3.2%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.0%).
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (89.4%) 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 (7.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.