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Fulton, MS

4,576 Population
8.5 square miles 538.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 37.8 ±0.3
  • 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

$26,649 ±$5,584 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: $33,987 ±$1,849
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,727 ±$16,367 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: $63,170 ±$2,476
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.7% ±8.9% (671  ±321) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 15.1% 19,451 (±1.2% / ±1,566)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.5 minutes ±4.1 (35,140  ±8,082) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 22.4 1,253,340 (±0.6 / ±46,740)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,476 ±184 Number of households
  • the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 51,805 ±647
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (3,582  ±48) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 2.5 129,048 (±0 / ±74)
  • 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

4.8% ±6.1% (55  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 5.2% † 1,619 (±0.9% / ±289)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,667 ±209 Number of housing units
  • the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 59,243 ±71
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$158,600 ±$15,929 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: $170,600 ±$4,544
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.9% ±4.6% (805  ±208.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 7.7% † 10,044 (±0.8% / ±1,023.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±13.6% (2,556  ±415.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 86.7% 76,521 (±2.3% / ±2,062.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.7% ±7.6% (623  ±214) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 24.6% 21,735 (±1.3% / ±1,102.5)
  • about 90 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

0.4% ±0.6% (20  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 1.8% 2,373
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.2% ±1.5% (84  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 5.5% 5,549 (±0.5% / ±480)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
84 Total veterans ±59 64 Male ±49 20 Female ±33

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