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Petal School District, MS

21,365 Population
93.7 square miles 228 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Forrest County: 31.8 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$32,111 ±$2,119 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Forrest County: $29,525 ±$1,666
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$76,952 ±$6,303 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Forrest County: $52,821 ±$3,246
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

10.4% ±2.7% (2,200  ±585) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Forrest County: 21.5% 15,850 (±2% / ±1,492)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

25.6 minutes ±2.3 (245,305  ±30,038) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Forrest County: 21.2 740,425 (±1.3 / ±50,178)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

7,174 ±405 Number of households
  • Forrest County: 29,722 ±474
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
3 ±0.2 (21,272  ±955) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Forrest County: 2.5 73,834 (±0 / ±79)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

3% ±1.9% (165  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Forrest County: 6.3% † 1,397 (±1.7% / ±381)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

8,110 ±428 Number of housing units
  • Forrest County: 33,672 ±54
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$171,400 ±$10,299 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Forrest County: $152,900 ±$8,726
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

9% ±2.6% (1,915  ±566.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Forrest County: 16.1% † 12,402 (±2% / ±1,518.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

91.6% ±4% (12,555  ±868) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Forrest County: 90.8% 43,060 (±3.5% / ±1,671.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
26.8% ±2.8% (3,669  ±427.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Forrest County: 29.5% 13,966 (±1.9% / ±913.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.2% ±1.2% (467  ±251) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Forrest County: 2.6% 2,040
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

8.3% ±1.9% (1,318  ±303) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Forrest County: 6.6% † 3,938 (±0.8% / ±456)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
1,318 Total veterans ±303 1,177 Male ±292 141 Female ±98

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