Ecru is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 919 people and just one neighborhood, Ecru is the 180th largest community in Mississippi.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ecru is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 57.67% of the Ecru workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ecru is a town of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ecru who work in teaching (6.98%), sales jobs (6.20%), and office and administrative support (6.05%).
Also of interest is that Ecru has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One downside of living in Ecru is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ecru, the average commute to work is 30.58 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Ecru is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Ecru who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.51% of the adults in Ecru have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ecru in 2022 was $26,532, 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 $106,128 for a family of four. However, Ecru contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ecru is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ecru home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ecru residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ecru also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.03% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ecru include English, Irish, German, Swedish, and Nigerian.
The most common language spoken in Ecru is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 34.3% 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.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (0.8%) living in the neighborhood.
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 Ecru are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 28.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.0% 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, 34.9% 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 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.8%), and 15.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (10.3%).
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 Ecru, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (9.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.0%), and residents who report German roots (5.3%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (4.7%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.3%), among others.
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 (37.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (80.9%) 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 (17.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.