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.
When you are in Courtland, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.14% of Courtland’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. 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%).
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Courtland 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. Courtland has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Courtland than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Courtland may be for you.
One downside of living in Courtland, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.55 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Courtland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
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.
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.
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.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
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.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
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%).
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 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.