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Greenwood, MS

13,983 Population
12.3 square miles 1,133.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 37.3 ±1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$25,643 ±$3,805 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: $25,077 ±$1,950
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$34,659 ±$11,937 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: $37,718 † ±$3,984
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

28% ±6.7% (3,722  ±889) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 29.4% † 10,415 (±3.2% / ±1,135)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

19.9 minutes ±4.2 (102,655  ±23,567) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 22.6 288,835 (±2.1 / ±30,926)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

5,186 ±329 Number of households
  • the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 14,178 ±370
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.6 ±0.2 (13,641  ±77) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 2.5 35,705 (±0.1 / ±46)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

5% ±3.1% (171  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 4.6% † 384 (±1.7% / ±144)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

6,692 ±330 Number of housing units
  • the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 17,593 ±45
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$98,500 ±$11,486 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: $100,800 ±$8,421
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

6.7% ±2.9% (912  ±397.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 5.9% † 2,174 (±1.4% / ±496.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

83.5% ±7.8% (7,415  ±758.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 82% 20,186 (±4.4% / ±1,113.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
23.5% ±4.6% (2,083  ±413.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 19.5% † 4,811 (±2.3% / ±557.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

1.8% ±1.1% (245  ±160) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 1.6% 588
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

2.1% ±1% (214  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 3.4% † 938 (±0.8% / ±208)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
214 Total veterans ±101 203 Male ±100 11 Female ±19

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