Aberdeen is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 4,860 people and four associated neighborhoods, Aberdeen is the 67th largest community in Mississippi.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Aberdeen is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.02% of the Aberdeen workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Aberdeen is a city of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Aberdeen who work in healthcare (7.62%), food service (7.53%), and office and administrative support (6.83%). A relatively large number of people in Aberdeen telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.73% 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. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Aberdeen has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Aberdeen has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Aberdeen than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Aberdeen may be for you. As is often the case in a small city, Aberdeen doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Aberdeen are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.36% of adults in Aberdeen have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Aberdeen in 2022 was $31,139, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,556 for a family of four. However, Aberdeen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Aberdeen is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Aberdeen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Aberdeen residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Aberdeen include English, Irish, German, African, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Aberdeen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.
