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Pearl River, MS

4,047 Population
31 square miles 130.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Neshoba County: 37.4 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,115 ±$3,187 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Neshoba County: $26,732 ±$1,826
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,922 ±$11,945 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Neshoba County: $57,013 ±$4,697
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.6% ±11.2% (954  ±457) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Neshoba County: 23.1% † 6,475 (±3.8% / ±1,057)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.5 minutes ±6.4 (27,980  ±11,671) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Neshoba County: 25.8 286,215 (±2.5 / ±31,577)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,321 ±232 Number of households
  • Neshoba County: 10,283 ±282
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.7 (3,900  ±566) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Neshoba County: 2.8 28,478 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.6% ±4.5% (90  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Neshoba County: 7.9% † 530 (±3.1% / ±207)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,433 ±221 Number of housing units
  • Neshoba County: 12,116 ±23
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$61,200 ±$10,979 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Neshoba County: $100,000 † ±$11,008
  • about one-third of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.4% ±2.6% (211  ±108.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Neshoba County: 9.5% † 2,711 (±2.5% / ±721.5)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

75.2% ±10.2% (1,863  ±353.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Neshoba County: 84.8% 15,674 (±4.5% / ±868.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.4% ±5.6% (308  ±144.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Neshoba County: 17.7% † 3,268 (±2.1% / ±385.8)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about one-third 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% ±3% (162  ±124) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Neshoba County: 0.9% 266
  • 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

8.1% ±3.4% (237  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Neshoba County: 6.4% † 1,337 (±1.2% / ±249)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
237 Total veterans ±105 159 Male ±91 78 Female ±55

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