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Friars Point - Jonestown, MS

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Overview


Friars Point - Jonestown is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 2,633 people and just one neighborhood, Friars Point - Jonestown is the 97th largest community in Mississippi.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Friars Point - Jonestown isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Friars Point - Jonestown are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Friars Point - Jonestown is a town of service providers, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Friars Point - Jonestown who work in management occupations (14.48%), sales jobs (8.62%), and maintenance occupations (8.51%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Friars Point - Jonestown is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

Being a small town, Friars Point - Jonestown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Friars Point - Jonestown rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.89% of adults 25 and older in Friars Point - Jonestown 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 Friars Point - Jonestown in 2022 was $25,354, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,416 for a family of four. However, Friars Point - Jonestown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Friars Point - Jonestown also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 46.88% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Friars Point - Jonestown is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Friars Point - Jonestown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Friars Point - Jonestown residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Friars Point - Jonestown include English, Irish, Italian, Lebanese, and German.

The most common language spoken in Friars Point - Jonestown is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Friars Point - Jonestown, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 98.5% of the neighborhoods in the United States. The neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (61.3%) than found in 97.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.

In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Friars Point - Jonestown is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in MS, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.8% of the neighborhoods in Mississippi. If you are considering retiring to Mississippi, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Occupations

There are more people living in the neighborhood employed as sales and service workers (60.3%) than almost any neighborhood in the country. From fast-food service workers to major sales accounts, sales and service workers make up the largest proportion of our national employment picture. But despite that size and importance nationally, this neighborhood still stands out as unique due to the dominance of people living here who work in such occupations.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 16 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.8% of this neighborhood's residents have African ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Friars Point - Jonestown are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 98.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 61.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 97.3% 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, 39.7% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (16.0%), and 11.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Friars Point - Jonestown, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (5.9%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (5.8%), and residents who report African roots (5.8%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.5%).

Getting to Work

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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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