Carson is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 3,034 people and just one neighborhood, Carson is the 92nd largest community in Mississippi.
Carson is a blue-collar town, with 43.56% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Carson is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Carson who work in office and administrative support (14.37%), sales jobs (12.74%), and healthcare (7.15%).
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Carson is worth considering.
One downside of living in Carson is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Carson, the average commute to work is 33.42 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The percentage of people in Carson with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.89% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Carson in 2022 was $22,446, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,784 for a family of four. However, Carson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Carson is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Carson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Carson residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Carson include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, German, and French.
The most common language spoken in Carson is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and African languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.7% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.1% of all American neighborhoods.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 94.6% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 43.6% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 96.4% of American neighborhoods.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Carson are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 49.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 93.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 43.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 20.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.5%), and 17.7% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Carson, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (5.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.6%), and residents who report Sub-Saharan African roots (2.5%), and some of the residents are also of African ancestry (2.5%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.7%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (32.2% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (90.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.