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Pearl, MS

27,737 Population
25.5 square miles 1,088.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,473 ±$2,361 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $34,708 ±$652
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,695 ±$8,495 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $61,644 ±$1,292
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.2% ±2.5% (3,370  ±694) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 17.7% 104,071 (±0.8% / ±4,634)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.8 minutes ±4.4 (331,155  ±64,338) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 25 6,201,435 (±0.3 / ±105,750)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,249 ±643 Number of households
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 237,841 ±1,443
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (27,669  ±63) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.5 588,004 (±0 / ±312)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.5% ±2.3% (414  ±178) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 5.6% 8,284 (±0.5% / ±760)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,059 ±598 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 271,927 ±257
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$182,500 ±$8,440 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $200,500 ±$3,987
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13% ±3.8% (3,579  ±1,045) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 11.8% 71,502 (±0.6% / ±3,898.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.1% ±5.7% (17,229  ±1,209.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 88.4% 364,107 (±1.2% / ±5,068.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.1% ±3.7% (5,437  ±726.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 32.2% 132,446 (±0.7% / ±3,043)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4% ±1.2% (1,098  ±322) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.7% 16,750
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.6% ±1.3% (1,229  ±290) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 5.8% 27,223 (±0.3% / ±1,266)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,229 Total veterans ±290 1,204 Male ±288 25 Female ±27

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