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West Point, MS

9,967 Population
20.9 square miles 477.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Clay County: 40.1 ±1.1
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$22,496 ±$2,305 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $24,734 ±$2,457
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$35,055 ±$5,744 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $39,904 † ±$5,040
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

29.3% ±6.2% (2,837  ±595) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 24.8% † 4,496 (±4.2% / ±762)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

19.5 minutes ±2.7 (64,070  ±11,801) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Clay County: 21.1 135,550 (±1.7 / ±15,204)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

4,163 ±273 Number of households
  • Clay County: 7,728 ±277
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.3 ±0.2 (9,650  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Clay County: 2.4 18,138 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

7% ±4.9% (167  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 6.3% † 273 (±3.3% / ±144)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

4,714 ±242 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 9,035 ±25
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$119,300 ±$15,485 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Clay County: $115,600 ±$11,144
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

7.8% ±3.5% (765  ±343.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 7% † 1,276 (±2.3% / ±412.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

80.5% ±7.5% (5,324  ±547.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Clay County: 82.8% 10,509 (±5.5% / ±716)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
15.4% ±3.3% (1,017  ±221.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Clay County: 18.2% † 2,312 (±2.7% / ±342.6)
  • 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

1.1% ±0.8% (108  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Clay County: 0.7% 125
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

7.3% ±2.3% (545  ±175) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 6.4% † 911 (±1.6% / ±222)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
545 Total veterans ±175 443 Male ±159 102 Female ±79

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