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Monticello, MS

1,277 Population
4.2 square miles 306.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±12.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lawrence County: 40.7 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$27,908 ±$6,766 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $26,276 † ±$4,376
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$28,920 ±$16,300 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lawrence County: $43,368 † ±$4,708
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

30.2% ±13.9% (376  ±200) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 23.8% † 2,823 (±4.5% / ±534)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

34.8 minutes ±17.2 (14,580  ±9,377) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Lawrence County: 36.8 † 145,650 (±4.4 / ±21,454)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

541 ±149 Number of households
  • Lawrence County: 4,323 ±242
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.3 ±0.9 (1,246  ±334) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lawrence County: 2.7 11,852 (±0.2 / ±2)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

4.1% ±5.3% (12  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Lawrence County: 4.2% † 107 (±2.5% / ±62)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

789 ±145 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence County: 5,766 ±18
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$114,200 ±$11,570 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $104,600 ±$6,412
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

7.6% ±7.7% (97  ±100.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 7% † 818 (±2.4% / ±276.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

88.1% ±28.7% (736  ±162.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 82.1% 6,448 (±6.1% / ±483.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
20.2% ±7.6% (169  ±75.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lawrence County: 12.7% † 997 (±2.4% / ±187.9)
  • about 80 percent 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.6% ±3.4% (43  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Lawrence County: 4.9% † 430 (±1.8% / ±156)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
43 Total veterans ±34 43 Male ±34 N/A Female ±14

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