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Brandon, MS

25,352 Population
25.7 square miles 987.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$39,780 ±$3,025 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $33,883 ±$632
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$93,073 ±$5,499 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $60,489 ±$1,100
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

7.9% ±3.4% (1,930  ±843) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 17.4% 103,026 (±0.7% / ±4,258)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

27.4 minutes ±2.7 (298,445  ±34,100) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 25.1 6,324,715 (±0.5 / ±147,160)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

9,052 ±542 Number of households
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 236,483 ±1,501
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.7 ±0.2 (24,369  ±76) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.5 591,502 (±0 / ±458)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

9% ±4% (504  ±228) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 5.3% 7,823 (±0.4% / ±566)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

9,431 ±564 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 270,686 ±200
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$255,900 ±$11,853 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $188,500 ±$3,737
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

11.1% ±3.7% (2,781  ±922.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 11.6% 70,806 (±0.6% / ±3,348.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

95.6% ±5.8% (16,591  ±1,188.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 88.1% 363,603 (±1.2% / ±5,009.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
41.8% ±3.5% (7,265  ±664.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 31.6% 130,296 (±0.8% / ±3,198.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

1.8% ±1% (458  ±262) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.6% 16,091
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

8% ±1.7% (1,526  ±323) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 6% 28,011 (±0.3% / ±1,198)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
1,526 Total veterans ±323 1,503 Male ±323 23 Female ±23

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