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Petal, MS

11,195 Population
16.9 square miles 662.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 35.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$29,979 ±$2,690 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $33,087 ±$1,539
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$72,845 ±$7,586 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $59,008 ±$2,068
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

13.3% ±3.8% (1,466  ±416) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 18.9% 28,252 (±1.3% / ±1,942)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

21.6 minutes ±2 (105,025  ±14,414) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 23.8 1,602,590 (±1.1 / ±81,100)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

3,778 ±255 Number of households
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 59,327 ±619
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.9 ±0.2 (11,118  ±42) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.5 149,920 (±0 / ±81)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

1.7% ±1.6% (54  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 5.7% † 2,329 (±1.2% / ±492)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

4,282 ±286 Number of housing units
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 66,658 ±63
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$161,400 ±$9,908 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $182,400 ±$5,631
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

9.9% ±4.1% (1,094  ±449.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 15.1% 23,004 (±1.3% / ±2,030.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

90% ±6.2% (6,626  ±582.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 90.9% 90,070 (±2.5% / ±2,454.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
29.1% ±4.3% (2,139  ±338.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 29.7% 29,424 (±1.4% / ±1,348.7)
  • about 20 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

1.6% ±0.9% (173  ±105) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.5% 3,921
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

8.9% ±2.7% (769  ±231) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 7% 8,255 (±0.5% / ±599)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
769 Total veterans ±231 713 Male ±222 56 Female ±61

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