Flora is a very small town located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 1,633 people and just one neighborhood, Flora is the 142nd largest community in Mississippi.
Flora real estate is some of the most expensive in Mississippi, although Flora house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Flora is a blue-collar town, with 42.08% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Flora is a town of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Flora who work in office and administrative support (14.67%), sales jobs (8.16%), and teaching (7.48%).
Flora’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
Being a small town, Flora does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Flora with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.77% of adults in Flora have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Flora in 2018 was $24,561, which is middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,244 for a family of four. However, Flora contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Flora is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Flora home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Flora residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Flora include European, Irish, English, German, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Flora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 Flora, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 6.5% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Mississippi, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Mississippi.
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 Flora are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 36.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.1%), and 12.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Flora, MS, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (12.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.4%), and residents who report German roots (5.3%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.4%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.1%) 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 (8.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.