Lumberton is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,647 people and three associated neighborhoods, Lumberton is the 143rd largest community in Mississippi.Lumberton is a blue-collar town, with 37.63% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Lumberton is a city of professionals, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Lumberton who work in teaching (11.87%), food service (9.26%), and healthcare (9.05%). It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Lumberton 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. Lumberton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lumberton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lumberton may be for you.The population of Lumberton has a very low overall level of education: only 8.50% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Lumberton in 2022 was $21,972, which is lower middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $87,888 for a family of four. However, Lumberton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lumberton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.70% of its population below the federal poverty line.Lumberton is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lumberton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lumberton residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Lumberton include Irish, German, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Lumberton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
