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Brookhaven, MS

11,650 Population
21.6 square miles 538.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 41.5 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,706 ±$3,291 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: $28,628 ±$2,056
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,685 ±$8,179 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: $51,119 ±$4,425
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.6% ±5.4% (3,232  ±614) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 21.2% † 7,288 (±3.7% / ±1,281)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.5 minutes ±3.2 (78,095  ±15,507) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 28.7 † 383,955 (±3.4 / ±51,234)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,640 ±310 Number of households
  • the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 13,158 ±397
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (11,140  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 2.6 34,344 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.5% ±3.7% (136  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 4.6% † 369 (±2% / ±157)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,695 ±336 Number of housing units
  • the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 15,966 ±29
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$121,900 ±$37,907 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: $155,800 ±$12,363
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.1% ±3.6% (1,049  ±416.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 6.1% † 2,093 (±1.6% / ±565.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.7% ±7.8% (7,311  ±702.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 87.2% 21,077 (±4.7% / ±1,142.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.3% ±3.9% (1,820  ±339.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 19.3% † 4,658 (±2.1% / ±506.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about three-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

1.2% ±0.9% (135  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 0.8% 279
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±1.7% (476  ±154) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Brookhaven, MS Micro Area: 5.1% † 1,363 (±1.1% / ±283)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
476 Total veterans ±154 444 Male ±144 32 Female ±40

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