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Tupelo, MS

37,825 Population
64.4 square miles 587.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 38 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$37,741 ±$2,494 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: $33,902 ±$1,681
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$66,314 ±$4,864 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: $63,188 ±$2,768
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

13.8% ±2.3% (5,095  ±841) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 13.2% 16,918 (±1.2% / ±1,469)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

19.1 minutes ±1.1 (321,165  ±25,051) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 22.6 1,278,590 (±0.4 / ±38,594)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

15,327 ±495 Number of households
  • the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 50,410 ±696
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.4 ±0.1 (36,963  ±65) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 2.6 128,708 (±0 / ±74)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

4.2% ±1.9% (383  ±179) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 4.8% † 1,482 (±1.1% / ±329)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

17,573 ±371 Number of housing units
  • the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 59,051 ±87
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$201,300 ±$9,307 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: $158,400 ±$5,847
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

10% ±1.9% (3,741  ±708.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 7.9% † 10,363 (±0.9% / ±1,130.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

89.8% ±4.2% (22,891  ±1,171.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 86.6% 76,314 (±2.4% / ±2,089.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
35.1% ±2.7% (8,950  ±705) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 24.3% 21,380 (±1.4% / ±1,227.6)
  • about 1.5 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% ±0.9% (1,129  ±328) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 2% 2,663
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

6.2% ±1.2% (1,766  ±335) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 5.8% 5,780 (±0.6% / ±574)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
1,766 Total veterans ±335 1,577 Male ±285 189 Female ±117

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