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Blue Mountain, MS

1,452 Population
1.6 square miles 883.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.2 ±9.1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Tippah County: 39.7 ±0.9
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$23,591 ±$4,936 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tippah County: $29,459 † ±$3,699
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$57,527 ±$25,053 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tippah County: $51,141 ±$4,795
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

15.1% ±9.8% (167  ±119) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tippah County: 18.9% † 3,962 (±3.2% / ±672)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

19.3 minutes ±4.8 (11,050  ±4,699) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tippah County: 24.5 221,850 (±2.1 / ±22,524)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

383 ±103 Number of households
  • Tippah County: 7,896 ±321
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.9 ±0.3 (1,109  ±321) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tippah County: 2.7 21,012 (±0.1 / ±39)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

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

Housing

436 ±108 Number of housing units
  • Tippah County: 9,942 ±29
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$78,600 ±$26,176 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tippah County: $128,400 † ±$13,066
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

7.4% ±4.3% (108  ±66.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tippah County: 4.6% † 990 (±1.9% / ±408.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

77.9% ±28.5% (586  ±143.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Tippah County: 81.8% 11,679 (±5.5% / ±789.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
12.1% ±6.6% (91  ±55.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tippah County: 16.4% † 2,337 (±2.8% / ±404.6)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

6.9% ±4.7% (100  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Tippah County: 2.3% 491
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

1.3% ±1.4% (16  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tippah County: 5.7% † 934 (±1.4% / ±227)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
16 Total veterans ±17 7 Male ±13 9 Female ±12

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