Walls is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,412 people and two associated neighborhoods, Walls is the 157th largest community in Mississippi. Walls has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Walls, where the median household income is $58,920.00.
Also of interest is that Walls has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.14% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
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!) Walls 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. Walls has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Walls than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Walls may be for you.
One downside of living in Walls is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Walls, the average commute to work is 35.07 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Walls 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.
In terms of college education, Walls is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.46% of adults 25 and older in Walls have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Walls in 2022 was $33,931, which is wealthy relative to Mississippi, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,724 for a family of four. However, Walls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Walls is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Walls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Walls residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Walls include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Danish.
The most common language spoken in Walls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.