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Leakesville, MS

5,564 Population
6.3 square miles 885.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Greene County: 40.5 ±1.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$7,329 ±$2,070 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Greene County: $19,275 † ±$2,146
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$65,745 ±$25,830 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Greene County: $55,838 † ±$7,520
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

30.3% ±12.8% (551  ±265) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Greene County: 20.5% † 2,004 (±5.1% / ±501)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

41.7 minutes ±15.7 (19,265  ±9,741) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Greene County: 43.8 † 132,835 (±4.6 / ±22,222)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

564 ±148 Number of households
  • Greene County: 3,818 ±266
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
3.2 ±1.1 (1,820  ±421) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Greene County: 2.6 9,769 (±0.2 / ±210)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

3.1% ±4.1% (11  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Greene County: 7.4% † 170 (±3.8% / ±88)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

651 ±165 Number of housing units
  • Greene County: 5,137 ±97
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$111,300 ±$9,551 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Greene County: $94,200 † ±$15,359
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

16.3% ±3.9% (905  ±228.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Greene County: 12.7% † 1,716 (±2.6% / ±348.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

67.1% ±5.2% (3,129  ±339) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Greene County: 80.6% 8,168 (±5.8% / ±588.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
7.7% ±3% (361  ±142.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Greene County: 11.9% † 1,207 (±2.6% / ±259.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

0.3% ±0.3% (17  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Greene County: 0.9% 121
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

6.8% ±2.1% (338  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Greene County: 7.2% † 797 (±1.8% / ±193)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
338 Total veterans ±108 313 Male ±99 25 Female ±40

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