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Bay Springs, MS

1,855 Population
14.9 square miles 124.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 38.6 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,986 ±$4,001 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $28,820 ±$1,360
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,306 ±$10,369 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $51,236 ±$2,578
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.2% ±4.5% (291  ±100) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 18.9% † 15,268 (±2.2% / ±1,747)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.3 minutes ±2.9 (18,705  ±4,800) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 25.9 836,430 (±1.5 / ±56,563)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

830 ±142 Number of households
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 31,604 ±632
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (1,768  ±360) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.6 80,824 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.2% ±2.4% (5  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.6% † 1,219 (±2.2% / ±403)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

919 ±142 Number of housing units
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 36,959 ±45
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$152,700 ±$29,994 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $132,900 † ±$18,287
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.1% ±5.6% (131  ±105) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 7.7% † 6,246 (±1.3% / ±1,088.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.2% ±22.4% (1,260  ±217.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 88% 48,072 (±3.3% / ±1,828.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.3% ±5.2% (216  ±82.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 19% 10,351 (±1.5% / ±807.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.1% ±0.3% (2  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.4% 1,999
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±3.9% (101  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.1% † 3,802 (±0.8% / ±492)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
101 Total veterans ±62 83 Male ±65 18 Female ±25

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