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Derma, MS

963 Population
1.8 square miles 543.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±8.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Calhoun County: 42 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,234 ±$6,908 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Calhoun County: $25,415 ±$1,455
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,071 ±$7,241 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Calhoun County: $43,125 ±$4,000
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

40.3% ±15.8% (388  ±182) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Calhoun County: 20.4% † 2,581 (±2.5% / ±317)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.3 minutes ±3.1 (7,495  ±2,872) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Calhoun County: 29.9 149,440 (±2.4 / ±14,871)
  • a little higher than 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

352 ±74 Number of households
  • Calhoun County: 5,611 ±241
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.4 (963  ±247) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Calhoun County: 2.3 12,613 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • 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

6.9% ±7.8% (16  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Calhoun County: 4.9% † 127 (±2.3% / ±60)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

397 ±66 Number of housing units
  • Calhoun County: 6,750 ±29
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$84,800 ±$9,569 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Calhoun County: $90,300 ±$7,408
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.5% ±4.3% (52  ±43.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Calhoun County: 7.3% † 933 (±1.7% / ±216.7)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

65.8% ±7.1% (385  ±95.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Calhoun County: 78% 7,076 (±4.7% / ±443.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.4% ±6.3% (49  ±38.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Calhoun County: 12.1% † 1,094 (±1.8% / ±165.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about one-quarter 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

2.2% ±3.3% (21  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Calhoun County: 3% 389
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.7% ±3% (25  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Calhoun County: 4.9% † 488 (±1% / ±103)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
25 Total veterans ±21 21 Male ±21 4 Female ±6

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