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Richton, MS

1,180 Population
2.3 square miles 514.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±8.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 35.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$21,494 ±$5,695 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $33,087 ±$1,539
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$35,568 ±$4,527 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $59,008 ±$2,068
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

24% ±14% (266  ±185) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 18.9% 28,252 (±1.3% / ±1,942)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

33.6 minutes ±22.3 (12,950  ±11,524) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 23.8 1,602,590 (±1.1 / ±81,100)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

450 ±155 Number of households
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 59,327 ±619
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.4 ±0.4 (1,089  ±419) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.5 149,920 (±0 / ±81)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

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

Housing

536 ±169 Number of housing units
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 66,658 ±63
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$137,600 ±$26,525 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $182,400 ±$5,631
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

5.2% ±2.9% (61  ±41) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 15.1% 23,004 (±1.3% / ±2,030.2)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

85% ±38.3% (676  ±209.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 90.9% 90,070 (±2.5% / ±2,454.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
21.6% ±8% (172  ±84.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 29.7% 29,424 (±1.4% / ±1,348.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

0.3% ±0.6% (4  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.5% 3,921
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

7.6% ±6.2% (67  ±60) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 7% 8,255 (±0.5% / ±599)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
67 Total veterans ±60 67 Male ±60 N/A Female ±14

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