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Fayette, MS

1,691 Population
1.2 square miles 1,438.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 40.8 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,990 ±$5,278 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: $26,045 ±$1,506
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$28,567 ±$9,685 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: $42,104 ±$2,142
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

38% ±7.9% (642  ±225) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 29.4% 14,914 (±2.1% / ±1,049)
  • about double 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)

16.1 minutes ±9.7 (6,700  ±2,648) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 22.2 396,245 (±1.7 / ±34,682)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

573 ±148 Number of households
  • the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 20,736 ±536
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.3 (1,691  ±476) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 2.5 50,848 (±0.1 / ±209)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

712 ±148 Number of housing units
  • the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 27,358 ±100
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$95,000 ±$43,942 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: $101,500 ±$5,753
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

85.7% ±12.7% (854  ±273.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 84.2% 31,344 (±3.4% / ±1,273.1)
  • 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)
8.3% ±5.3% (83  ±57.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 18.6% 6,901 (±1.7% / ±649.1)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

1.4% ±2.1% (16  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 5.1% † 2,183 (±0.7% / ±280)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
16 Total veterans ±24 16 Male ±24 N/A Female ±14

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