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Shaw, MS

1,586 Population
1.1 square miles 1,425 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±7.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 36.6 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$15,141 ±$3,514 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: $25,359 ±$1,836
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$23,913 ±$9,361 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: $37,315 ±$3,178
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

40.6% ±10.2% (644  ±194) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 33.7% 9,404 (±2.9% / ±823)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

23.4 minutes ±4.4 (13,140  ±4,258) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 19.8 202,210 (±1.6 / ±20,808)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

640 ±119 Number of households
  • the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 11,907 ±293
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.5 ±0.6 (1,586  ±262) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 2.4 28,538 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

6% ±7.5% (21  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 6.9% † 484 (±2% / ±138)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

744 ±128 Number of housing units
  • the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 13,679 ±30
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$84,200 ±$8,427 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: $123,600 † ±$14,431
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

1.6% ±2.5% (25  ±39.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 9.5% † 2,830 (±1.5% / ±451.7)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

81.2% ±6.2% (836  ±156.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 83.2% 16,459 (±4.4% / ±875.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
15.7% ±6.6% (161  ±73.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 26.6% 5,250 (±2.5% / ±498.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

N/A Foreign-born population

1.2% ±1.4% (13  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 3.3% † 743 (±0.7% / ±150)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
13 Total veterans ±16 7 Male ±11 6 Female ±10

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