Gautier is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 19,055 people and six associated neighborhoods, Gautier is the 21st largest community in Mississippi.Gautier is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Gautier is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gautier who work in sales jobs (12.45%), management occupations (12.39%), and office and administrative support (12.10%). Gautier is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. Gautier is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Gautier are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.95% of adults in Gautier having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Gautier in 2022 was $34,049, which is wealthy relative to Mississippi, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,196 for a family of four. However, Gautier contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gautier is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gautier home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gautier residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Gautier also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.25% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gautier include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Gautier is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
