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Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District, MS

16,111 Population
18.8 square miles 857.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.1 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hancock County: 45.7 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$43,694 ±$6,478 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hancock County: $38,730 ±$2,551
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$68,191 ±$8,111 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Hancock County: $67,728 ±$5,644
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

12% ±3.9% (1,910  ±618) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hancock County: 13.3% † 6,083 (±2.6% / ±1,197)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

31.1 minutes ±3.6 (208,945  ±33,873) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Hancock County: 33 619,730 (±0.9 / ±39,732)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

7,434 ±352 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 19,911 ±491
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.2 ±0.1 (15,954  ±454) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hancock County: 2.3 45,769 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

3.4% ±4.3% (109  ±138) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hancock County: 4.9% † 453 (±2.5% / ±231)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

9,122 ±390 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 23,277 ±31
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$228,200 ±$17,606 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hancock County: $206,600 ±$10,682
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

15.8% ±3.9% (2,515  ±628.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 15.4% † 7,022 (±2.7% / ±1,219.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

91.3% ±7.1% (11,421  ±983.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 89.7% 30,342 (±4.4% / ±1,500.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
31.7% ±4.4% (3,960  ±571.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hancock County: 24.6% 8,314 (±2.3% / ±770.2)
  • about 1.3 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

3.4% ±1.6% (539  ±251) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hancock County: 2.5% 1,138
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

9.7% ±2.6% (1,267  ±347) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 9.8% † 3,606 (±1.2% / ±456)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
1,267 Total veterans ±347 1,172 Male ±310 95 Female ±94

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