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Starkville, MS

25,721 Population
27.8 square miles 926.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 27.4 ±0.7
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,393 ±$3,337 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: $30,385 ±$1,622
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,125 ±$5,076 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: $48,750 ±$3,457
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

30.7% ±3.4% (7,533  ±841) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 23.9% 13,344 (±2.3% / ±1,298)
  • more than 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)

20.3 minutes ±1.8 (230,330  ±27,343) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 21.9 538,290 (±0.9 / ±34,490)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,004 ±447 Number of households
  • the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 25,913 ±432
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (24,562  ±136) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 2.2 55,807 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±1.9% (253  ±149) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 4.4% † 789 (±1.3% / ±239)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,407 ±384 Number of housing units
  • the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 30,732 ±70
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$299,900 ±$28,928 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: $208,300 ±$16,318
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

34.3% ±4.6% (8,790  ±1,175) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 24.2% 14,743 (±2.2% / ±1,366)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.6% ±5.3% (12,710  ±879.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 90.1% 29,992 (±3.9% / ±1,302)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
50.5% ±4% (6,930  ±610.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 41.7% 13,871 (±2.7% / ±885.6)
  • about double the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about 1.4 times 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

7% ±2% (1,788  ±506) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 4.2% 2,587
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±2.3% (1,303  ±475) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 5.2% † 2,616 (±1.1% / ±548)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,303 Total veterans ±475 1,165 Male ±367 138 Female ±192

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