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District 2, Pontotoc County, MS

6,245 Population
113.5 square miles 55 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pontotoc County: 35.7 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$28,273 ±$3,571 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Pontotoc County: $27,217 ±$1,645
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$54,628 ±$16,951 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Pontotoc County: $52,741 ±$3,878
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

19.1% ±7.3% (1,183  ±472) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pontotoc County: 14.9% † 4,626 (±2.9% / ±887)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

31.4 minutes ±2.4 (85,100  ±14,216) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pontotoc County: 27.2 364,465 (±2.1 / ±33,478)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

2,515 ±300 Number of households
  • Pontotoc County: 11,682 ±369
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.5 ±0.4 (6,203  ±701) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pontotoc County: 2.7 31,063 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

5.2% ±4.4% (76  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pontotoc County: 4.4% † 309 (±2.1% / ±145)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

2,895 ±290 Number of housing units
  • Pontotoc County: 14,076 ±41
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$128,500 ±$22,813 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pontotoc County: $141,700 ±$13,254
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

8.6% ±4.4% (535  ±280.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pontotoc County: 7.7% † 2,393 (±1.8% / ±562.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

76.6% ±5.6% (3,233  ±411.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pontotoc County: 78.9% 16,228 (±4.8% / ±998)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
19.9% ±4.4% (841  ±205.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pontotoc County: 17.7% † 3,645 (±2.5% / ±505.8)
  • about 80 percent 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

2.8% ±2% (175  ±128) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pontotoc County: 3.1% 970
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

3.3% ±1.4% (154  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pontotoc County: 5.8% † 1,343 (±1.3% / ±304)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
154 Total veterans ±68 137 Male ±67 17 Female ±25

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