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Tunica, MS

961 Population
0.7 square miles 1,448 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.2 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$35,210 ±$8,924 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $36,519 ±$516
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$39,958 ±$30,820 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $64,743 ±$928
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

21.1% ±10.1% (203  ±113) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 16.3% 214,970 (±0.5% / ±6,805)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

28 minutes ±16.1 (11,355  ±8,101) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 24.4 13,669,260 (±0.2 / ±168,206)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

518 ±149 Number of households
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 517,674 ±1,864
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
1.9 ±0.8 (961  ±273) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 2.6 1,320,055 (±0 / ±226)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

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

Housing

602 ±175 Number of housing units
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 576,520 ±214
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$178,500 ±$37,783 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $228,100 ±$2,631
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

5.4% ±5.4% (52  ±53.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 12.2% 161,146 (±0.5% / ±6,917.3)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

87.8% ±33.8% (661  ±171.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 89.5% 795,394 (±0.8% / ±7,269.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
30.9% ±7.7% (233  ±87.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 30.7% 273,241 (±0.5% / ±4,283.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

3.8% ±5.8% (36  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.1% 81,779
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

10.4% ±6.5% (82  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.6% 65,907 (±0.2% / ±2,306)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
82 Total veterans ±56 51 Male ±35 31 Female ±39

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