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Ocean Springs, MS

18,561 Population
11.6 square miles 1,607 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$44,908 ±$3,130 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $33,050 ±$619
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$78,929 ±$10,153 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $61,266 ±$1,233
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

5.2% ±1.9% (947  ±353) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 15.9% 65,063 (±0.8% / ±3,466)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

28.8 minutes ±4 (236,015  ±37,343) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 25.7 4,398,625 (±0.6 / ±118,867)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

8,186 ±437 Number of households
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 164,768 ±1,242
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.3 ±0.1 (18,396  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 2.5 411,894 (±0 / ±259)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

2% ±1.8% (75  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 5.6% † 5,401 (±0.6% / ±617)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

8,681 ±449 Number of housing units
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 187,371 ±124
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$235,100 ±$13,215 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $192,000 ±$3,278
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

14.9% ±3.9% (2,754  ±714.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 14.6% 60,389 (±0.8% / ±3,197.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

95.5% ±5.4% (12,921  ±915.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 89% 255,459 (±1.5% / ±4,210.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
45.8% ±3.9% (6,190  ±594.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 24.7% 70,882 (±0.8% / ±2,234.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

5.5% ±1.3% (1,021  ±245) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 3.7% 15,610
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

14.7% ±2.9% (2,113  ±419) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 11.7% 36,712 (±0.5% / ±1,602)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
2,113 Total veterans ±419 1,787 Male ±397 326 Female ±163

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