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Pearl, MS

27,458 Population
25.5 square miles 1,077.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$33,913 ±$2,257 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $33,883 ±$632
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$54,643 ±$5,639 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $60,489 ±$1,100
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

12.6% ±3.1% (3,450  ±847) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 17.4% 103,026 (±0.7% / ±4,258)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

24.7 minutes ±5.2 (336,845  ±73,881) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 25.1 6,324,715 (±0.5 / ±147,160)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

11,501 ±613 Number of households
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 236,483 ±1,501
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.4 ±0.1 (27,350  ±91) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.5 591,502 (±0 / ±458)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

3.9% ±2% (282  ±150) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 5.3% 7,823 (±0.4% / ±566)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

12,362 ±541 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 270,686 ±200
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$170,900 ±$10,367 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $188,500 ±$3,737
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

14.4% ±3.9% (3,915  ±1,050) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 11.6% 70,806 (±0.6% / ±3,348.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

89.4% ±5.7% (17,501  ±1,274.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 88.1% 363,603 (±1.2% / ±5,009.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
26.3% ±3.9% (5,142  ±788.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 31.6% 130,296 (±0.8% / ±3,198.7)
  • about 10 percent higher 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

3.3% ±1.1% (912  ±292) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.6% 16,091
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

6.2% ±1.4% (1,367  ±311) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 6% 28,011 (±0.3% / ±1,198)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
1,367 Total veterans ±311 1,213 Male ±303 154 Female ±110

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