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Wesson, MS

2,250 Population
4.5 square miles 499.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.1 ±2.8 Median age
  • about half the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about half the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,328 ±$3,644 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $34,708 ±$652
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,179 ±$17,258 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $61,644 ±$1,292
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.5% ±13.7% (472  ±256) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 17.7% 104,071 (±0.8% / ±4,634)
  • 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)

30.2 minutes ±4.1 (20,990  ±6,363) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 25 6,201,435 (±0.3 / ±105,750)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

617 ±130 Number of households
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 237,841 ±1,443
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (1,693  ±359) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.5 588,004 (±0 / ±312)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

683 ±132 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 271,927 ±257
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$168,500 ±$38,607 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $200,500 ±$3,987
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.6% ±3.3% (284  ±87.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 11.8% 71,502 (±0.6% / ±3,898.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.6% ±23.9% (881  ±164.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 88.4% 364,107 (±1.2% / ±5,068.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.8% ±4% (150  ±50.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 32.2% 132,446 (±0.7% / ±3,043)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about two-fifths 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

1.5% ±1.3% (34  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.7% 16,750
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.4% ±2.5% (59  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 5.8% 27,223 (±0.3% / ±1,266)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
59 Total veterans ±44 59 Male ±44 N/A Female ±14

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