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Pearl River County School District, MS

19,806 Population
133.1 square miles 148.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pearl River County: 41.1 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$33,018 ±$3,425 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pearl River County: $28,399 ±$1,628
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$66,508 ±$6,705 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pearl River County: $56,535 ±$4,927
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

12.6% ±3.9% (2,487  ±799) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pearl River County: 16.4% † 9,120 (±2.3% / ±1,266)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

33.3 minutes ±2.7 (272,855  ±39,992) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pearl River County: 35.9 762,275 (±2.1 / ±60,061)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

7,647 ±473 Number of households
  • Pearl River County: 21,489 ±497
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.6 ±0.1 (19,721  ±1,438) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pearl River County: 2.6 55,512 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

7.5% ±3.9% (329  ±177) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pearl River County: 6.4% † 798 (±2.3% / ±279)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

8,623 ±486 Number of housing units
  • Pearl River County: 25,137 ±29
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$199,200 ±$13,407 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pearl River County: $174,500 ±$10,718
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

5.6% ±2.3% (1,095  ±460.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pearl River County: 10% † 5,627 (±1.9% / ±1,093.5)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

90.7% ±4.2% (12,423  ±992.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pearl River County: 87.8% 34,210 (±3.6% / ±1,431.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
18.4% ±2.9% (2,518  ±433.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pearl River County: 16% 6,217 (±1.6% / ±604.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

0.9% ±0.5% (168  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Pearl River County: 1.6% 880
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

8.2% ±1.6% (1,244  ±262) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Pearl River County: 7.8% † 3,431 (±1.1% / ±501)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
1,244 Total veterans ±262 1,148 Male ±265 96 Female ±56

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