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District 3, Pontotoc County, MS

4,841 Population
110.9 square miles 43.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pontotoc County: 35.9 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,623 ±$4,634 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Pontotoc County: $27,826 ±$1,728
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,481 ±$8,081 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Pontotoc County: $51,484 ±$2,949
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20% ±8.6% (951  ±459) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pontotoc County: 16.7% † 5,230 (±2.6% / ±822)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.2 minutes ±5.4 (50,850  ±17,929) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Pontotoc County: 26.2 348,900 (±1.6 / ±27,771)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,705 ±359 Number of households
  • Pontotoc County: 11,819 ±385
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.1 (4,764  ±1,032) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pontotoc County: 2.7 31,306 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,021 ±377 Number of housing units
  • Pontotoc County: 14,221 ±24
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$123,200 ±$55,519 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pontotoc County: $157,100 ±$11,824
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.9% ±3.4% (284  ±175.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pontotoc County: 7% † 2,184 (±1.7% / ±542.2)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.1% ±21.7% (2,429  ±420.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pontotoc County: 78.5% 16,228 (±4.8% / ±1,004.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.8% ±5.8% (662  ±223.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pontotoc County: 18.5% † 3,826 (±2.3% / ±474.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about three-fifths of 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

1.9% ±2.2% (91  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pontotoc County: 2.5% 783
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.2% ±2.7% (151  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Pontotoc County: 4.3% † 1,007 (±1.1% / ±250)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
151 Total veterans ±100 123 Male ±85 28 Female ±34

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