Wesson is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,779 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wesson is the 136th largest community in Mississippi.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Wesson is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.15% of the Wesson workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Wesson is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wesson who work in food service (17.09%), office and administrative support (8.06%), and sales jobs (6.23%). A relatively large number of people in Wesson telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.86% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Wesson is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Wesson area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Wesson maintain a good economy. Wesson 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 citizens of Wesson are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.75% of adults in Wesson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Wesson in 2022 was $20,328, 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 $81,312 for a family of four. However, Wesson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wesson is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wesson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wesson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wesson include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Wesson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
