Itta Bena is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,563 people and just one neighborhood, Itta Bena is the 140th largest community in Mississippi.
Itta Bena is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Itta Bena is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Itta Bena who work in food service (13.88%), office and administrative support (11.07%), and healthcare (10.66%).
Itta Bena is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Itta Bena with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.90% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Itta Bena in 2022 was $13,923, which is low income relative to Mississippi and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $55,692 for a family of four. Itta Bena also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.01% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Itta Bena home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Itta Bena residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Itta Bena include African, Swedish, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Itta Bena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
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 Itta Bena, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 98.4% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
In addition, an extraordinary 20.2% of the residents of the neighborhood are currently enrolled in college. This is such a large part of life in this neighborhood that the neighborhood changes a great deal with the change of semesters and is far quieter during the summer when many students are away.
In the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 23.9% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 96.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 32.7% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 95.7% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.
In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 24 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.9% of America.
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 Itta Bena are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 98.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 52.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 95.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 34.3% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (19.3%), and 17.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.5% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Itta Bena, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (2.6%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (2.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (1.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (1.5%).
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 (64.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (69.9%) 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 (23.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.