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Como, MS

1,258 Population
1.9 square miles 666 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±26.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Panola County: 39.4 ±0.4
  • 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

$18,609 ±$5,232 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Panola County: $27,008 ±$2,006
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$21,404 ±$5,612 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Panola County: $45,945 † ±$6,120
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.5% ±6.5% (220  ±120) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Panola County: 23.3% † 7,577 (±3.3% / ±1,073)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.3 minutes ±7.8 (7,960  ±4,654) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Panola County: 29.2 340,610 (±2 / ±34,658)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

513 ±154 Number of households
  • Panola County: 12,312 ±412
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.6 (1,258  ±501) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Panola County: 2.6 32,429 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

604 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Panola County: 14,717 ±59
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$180,600 ±$45,871 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Panola County: $127,800 † ±$20,857
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8% ±7.6% (101  ±103.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Panola County: 8.1% † 2,616 (±2% / ±635.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

70.5% ±8.1% (622  ±193) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Panola County: 82.5% 18,033 (±4.9% / ±1,074.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.6% ±4.6% (76  ±46) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Panola County: 17.7% † 3,857 (±2.3% / ±493.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about one-quarter 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

8.3% ±11.3% (104  ±148) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Panola County: 1% 328
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

22.7% ±20.3% (207  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Panola County: 4.5% † 1,105 (±1% / ±245)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
207 Total veterans ±195 74 Male ±99 133 Female ±152

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