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Prentiss, MS

938 Population
3 square miles 313.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±7.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson Davis County: 46 ±0.8
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,754 ±$4,628 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson Davis County: $24,694 ±$2,360
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$30,667 ±$6,819 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson Davis County: $38,548 † ±$5,802
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.4% ±9.3% (232  ±103) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson Davis County: 28.7% † 3,161 (±5.3% / ±581)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.7 minutes ±15.9 (9,795  ±6,070) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson Davis County: 34.6 143,200 (±3.3 / ±20,533)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

366 ±98 Number of households
  • Jefferson Davis County: 4,453 ±197
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (819  ±240) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson Davis County: 2.5 10,998 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

471 ±108 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson Davis County: 5,702 ±25
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$76,100 ±$11,358 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson Davis County: $90,100 ±$8,158
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.3% ±7.1% (172  ±80) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson Davis County: 10.6% † 1,165 (±3.3% / ±363.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.8% ±28.2% (600  ±141.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson Davis County: 86.5% 6,919 (±6.1% / ±509.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.3% ±6.6% (102  ±52.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson Davis County: 12.7% † 1,014 (±2.7% / ±215.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about two-fifths 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

0.4% ±0.6% (4  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson Davis County: 0.1% 13
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.2% ±5.3% (73  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson Davis County: 5.9% † 525 (±2.1% / ±186)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
73 Total veterans ±46 61 Male ±39 12 Female ±15

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