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Brookhaven, MS Urban Area

10,564 Population
10 square miles 1,052.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,093 ±$2,794 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$34,769 ±$5,828 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.6% ±5.7% (3,020  ±589) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.9 minutes ±3.3 (67,270  ±14,862) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,181 ±319 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (10,054  ±353) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±3.6% (123  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,190 ±333 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$116,800 ±$11,273 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.7% ±4% (1,014  ±416.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.8% ±7.9% (6,503  ±690) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.4% ±4% (1,471  ±310.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

1% ±1% (104  ±102) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±1.6% (370  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
370 Total veterans ±129 338 Male ±118 32 Female ±40

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