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West Point, MS

9,900 Population
20.9 square miles 473.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Clay County: 39.8 ±1.1
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,067 ±$2,640 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $27,385 † ±$3,055
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$38,064 ±$6,430 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $43,125 † ±$7,209
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.6% ±6.3% (2,463  ±605) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 20.9% † 3,780 (±4.4% / ±801)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.5 minutes ±3.1 (69,745  ±12,575) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Clay County: 21.8 151,700 (±2 / ±16,968)
  • 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

4,147 ±241 Number of households
  • Clay County: 7,805 ±280
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (9,606  ±19) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Clay County: 2.3 18,078 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.1% ±5.4% (170  ±130) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Clay County: 7.4% † 320 (±3.8% / ±165)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,741 ±218 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 9,052 ±15
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$153,900 ±$18,355 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Clay County: $129,100 † ±$25,890
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7% ±3.8% (687  ±376) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Clay County: 7.1% † 1,298 (±2.6% / ±480.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.8% ±8% (5,120  ±560.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Clay County: 82.8% 10,423 (±5.9% / ±765)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.2% ±3.4% (1,029  ±222.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Clay County: 17.3% † 2,178 (±2.6% / ±326.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about half 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

0.4% ±0.4% (37  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Clay County: 0.4% 68
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±2.1% (445  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Clay County: 6.1% † 871 (±1.8% / ±251)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
445 Total veterans ±157 369 Male ±131 76 Female ±63

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