Prentiss is a tiny town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 911 people and two associated neighborhoods, Prentiss is the 173rd largest community in Mississippi.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Prentiss is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.48% of the Prentiss workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Prentiss is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Prentiss who work in sales jobs (15.53%), maintenance occupations (10.03%), and teaching (7.44%). 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!) Prentiss 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. Prentiss has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Prentiss than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Prentiss may be for you. In Prentiss, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.68 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small town, Prentiss does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Prentiss rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.25% of adults 25 and older in Prentiss have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Prentiss in 2022 was $20,754, 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 $83,016 for a family of four. Prentiss is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Prentiss home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Prentiss residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Prentiss include Irish, English, Italian, German, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Prentiss is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
