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New Albany, MS

7,663 Population
18.2 square miles 420.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±3.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Union County: 38.3 ±0.9
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$29,201 ±$4,083 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Union County: $28,013 ±$1,955
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$51,332 ±$7,295 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Union County: $55,505 ±$4,529
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

14.8% ±4.7% (1,103  ±348) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Union County: 15.1% † 4,223 (±3.1% / ±854)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

18.4 minutes ±1.7 (56,330  ±7,813) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Union County: 23 261,465 (±1.5 / ±21,201)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

2,851 ±197 Number of households
  • Union County: 9,849 ±366
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.6 ±0.2 (7,428  ±62) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Union County: 2.8 27,871 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

9.4% ±6.1% (174  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Union County: 5.7% † 376 (±2.5% / ±163)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

3,620 ±213 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 12,250 ±24
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$161,400 ±$16,502 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Union County: $163,400 ±$11,218
  • a little less than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

17.4% ±5.8% (1,313  ±438.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Union County: 10.2% † 2,835 (±2.3% / ±638)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

85.6% ±8.9% (4,347  ±509.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 79.8% 14,792 (±4.9% / ±918.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
25.8% ±5.2% (1,309  ±273.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Union County: 19.1% † 3,546 (±2.4% / ±440.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

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

3.6% ±1.9% (275  ±145) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Union County: 1.7% 485
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

5.9% ±1.8% (344  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 4.8% † 1,013 (±1% / ±205)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
344 Total veterans ±104 334 Male ±101 10 Female ±17

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