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Petal, MS

11,294 Population
16.9 square miles 668 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 35.5 ±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

$30,999 ±$3,348 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $34,172 ±$1,637
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,750 ±$7,031 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $60,285 ±$2,115
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.1% ±3.9% (1,232  ±430) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 18.1% 27,106 (±1.5% / ±2,189)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.5 minutes ±2.1 (103,965  ±13,788) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 23.8 1,606,790 (±0.9 / ±70,248)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,022 ±251 Number of households
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 60,155 ±579
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (11,226  ±37) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.5 150,649 (±0 / ±79)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.3% ±0.4% (8  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 5.2% † 2,145 (±1% / ±413)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,357 ±282 Number of housing units
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 66,936 ±63
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$174,900 ±$16,907 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $191,200 ±$6,700
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.8% ±3.4% (988  ±386.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 13.1% 20,130 (±1.2% / ±1,783)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.8% ±6.3% (6,788  ±589.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 91.8% 91,540 (±2.5% / ±2,540.4)
  • a little higher than 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)
27.8% ±4.4% (2,054  ±339.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 30.9% 30,828 (±1.5% / ±1,476.8)
  • 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

3.4% ±1.8% (381  ±206) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.7% 4,255
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±2.4% (668  ±209) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 6.7% 7,940 (±0.6% / ±682)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
668 Total veterans ±209 573 Male ±190 95 Female ±72

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