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Houston, MS

3,757 Population
7.4 square miles 509.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Chickasaw County: 39 ±0.9
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$19,978 ±$3,198 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chickasaw County: $22,365 ±$1,565
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$36,667 ±$13,178 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chickasaw County: $43,041 ±$2,926
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

26.4% ±9.2% (970  ±337) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chickasaw County: 24.1% † 3,964 (±4.1% / ±678)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

17.6 minutes ±3.6 (23,225  ±6,483) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chickasaw County: 21.8 † 136,630 (±2.5 / ±18,437)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

1,514 ±171 Number of households
  • Chickasaw County: 6,681 ±231
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.4 ±0.3 (3,676  ±21) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Chickasaw County: 2.5 16,467 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

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

Housing

1,765 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Chickasaw County: 7,817 ±29
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$121,300 ±$21,053 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Chickasaw County: $100,400 ±$9,364
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

10% ±5.3% (375  ±200.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chickasaw County: 6.4% † 1,072 (±1.8% / ±309.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

82.2% ±11.9% (1,889  ±331.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chickasaw County: 80.7% 9,147 (±5.6% / ±640.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
23.2% ±7.6% (533  ±183.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Chickasaw County: 12.4% † 1,406 (±2.3% / ±261.1)
  • 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

3.8% ±4.1% (142  ±154) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chickasaw County: 2.2% 365
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

1.4% ±1.4% (39  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chickasaw County: 3.3% † 418 (±1% / ±130)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
39 Total veterans ±38 39 Male ±38 N/A Female ±14

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