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Gloster, MS

952 Population
1.8 square miles 522 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Amite County: 49.2 ±1.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$20,111 ±$7,083 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Amite County: $24,724 † ±$2,530
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$23,603 ±$15,891 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Amite County: $37,222 ±$2,862
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

29.4% ±12% (280  ±157) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Amite County: 27.7% † 3,445 (±5.4% / ±667)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

35.9 minutes ±4.6 (12,040  ±8,003) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Amite County: 34.8 † 125,990 (±4 / ±20,376)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

432 ±175 Number of households
  • Amite County: 5,850 ±276
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.2 ±1.2 (952  ±368) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Amite County: 2.1 12,460 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

2.6% ±4.5% (5  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Amite County: 5.2% † 121 (±2.7% / ±63)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

527 ±187 Number of housing units
  • Amite County: 7,346 ±24
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$73,000 ±$27,076 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Amite County: $100,800 † ±$12,231
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

9.1% ±7.8% (86  ±81.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Amite County: 6.5% † 803 (±2.5% / ±315)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

77.8% ±38.8% (558  ±178.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Amite County: 86.8% 7,919 (±6.7% / ±618.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
8.4% ±9.4% (60  ±71.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Amite County: 11.2% † 1,023 (±2.5% / ±227.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

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

1.2% ±1.4% (11  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Amite County: 0.5% 59
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

0.5% ±1% (4  ±8) Population with veteran status
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Amite County: 3.7% † 373 (±1.1% / ±110)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
4 Total veterans ±8 4 Male ±8 N/A Female ±14

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