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Richton, MS

1,220 Population
2.3 square miles 531.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±13 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 35.5 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,414 ±$6,440 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $34,172 ±$1,637
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$35,057 ±$7,376 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $60,285 ±$2,115
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.6% ±13.6% (320  ±193) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 18.1% 27,106 (±1.5% / ±2,189)
  • 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)

41 minutes ±26.4 (15,665  ±12,588) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 23.8 1,606,790 (±0.9 / ±70,248)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

467 ±144 Number of households
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 60,155 ±579
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (1,107  ±403) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.5 150,649 (±0 / ±79)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

573 ±151 Number of housing units
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 66,936 ±63
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$149,300 ±$39,347 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $191,200 ±$6,700
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.8% ±2.5% (58  ±35.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 13.1% 20,130 (±1.2% / ±1,783)
  • about two-fifths of 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

87.6% ±33% (751  ±198.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 91.8% 91,540 (±2.5% / ±2,540.4)
  • about the same as 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)
22.8% ±8.4% (195  ±88.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 30.9% 30,828 (±1.5% / ±1,476.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.5% ±0.8% (6  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.7% 4,255
  • 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

4.2% ±3.8% (39  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 6.7% 7,940 (±0.6% / ±682)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
39 Total veterans ±37 39 Male ±37 N/A Female ±14

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