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Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District, MS

16,198 Population
18.8 square miles 862.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.2 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hancock County: 46.6 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,709 ±$7,099 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Hancock County: $39,800 ±$2,558
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,291 ±$6,526 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Hancock County: $67,708 ±$4,805
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.2% ±3.9% (1,964  ±628) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hancock County: 13.8% † 6,325 (±2.4% / ±1,102)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.5 minutes ±3.7 (197,515  ±32,159) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hancock County: 32.5 594,315 (±2.2 / ±51,788)
  • 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

7,834 ±398 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 20,237 ±430
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (16,044  ±341) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hancock County: 2.3 45,841 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±5% (160  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 5.3% † 489 (±2.5% / ±235)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,541 ±488 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 23,715 ±31
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$253,000 ±$29,933 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hancock County: $224,200 ±$10,369
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±3.2% (1,748  ±510.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hancock County: 13.5% † 6,124 (±2.6% / ±1,198.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.3% ±6.8% (11,489  ±949.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 88.6% 30,227 (±4.2% / ±1,430.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34% ±4.8% (4,324  ±628.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 26.8% 9,135 (±2.3% / ±786.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • a little less than 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

3.4% ±1.3% (555  ±205) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hancock County: 2.5% 1,139
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.5% ±2.5% (1,404  ±336) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Hancock County: 10.2% † 3,786 (±1.2% / ±453)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,404 Total veterans ±336 1,291 Male ±320 113 Female ±85

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