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Blue Springs, MS

268 Population
4.5 square miles 59.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±20.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 38.3 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,475 ±$6,378 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Union County: $28,013 ±$1,955
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,286 ±$19,495 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Union County: $55,505 ±$4,529
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.2% ±10.1% (40  ±30) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Union County: 15.1% † 4,223 (±3.1% / ±854)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.7 minutes ±5.5 (2,985  ±1,446) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 23 261,465 (±1.5 / ±21,201)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

108 ±32 Number of households
  • Union County: 9,849 ±366
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (263  ±92) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Union County: 2.8 27,871 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±4% (1  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Union County: 5.7% † 376 (±2.5% / ±163)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

206 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 12,250 ±24
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$158,300 ±$45,420 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Union County: $163,400 ±$11,218
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.7% ±10.2% (26  ±28.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Union County: 10.2% † 2,835 (±2.3% / ±638)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.2% ±8% (148  ±49.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Union County: 79.8% 14,792 (±4.9% / ±918.3)
  • a little less than 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)
20.6% ±15.9% (37  ±31) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 19.1% † 3,546 (±2.4% / ±440.4)
  • about 80 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

0.8% ±1.5% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Union County: 1.7% 485
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.1% ±4.3% (9  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Union County: 4.8% † 1,013 (±1% / ±205)
  • 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)
9 Total veterans ±10 9 Male ±10 N/A Female ±14

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