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Gautier, MS

19,046 Population
30.3 square miles 629.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,049 ±$4,648 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $34,345 ±$651
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$61,926 ±$12,157 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $62,418 ±$1,476
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

17.5% ±4.8% (3,297  ±906) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 15.6% 64,423 (±0.7% / ±2,833)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

23.6 minutes ±2.2 (195,105  ±22,239) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 25.8 4,392,100 (±0.6 / ±127,851)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

7,397 ±361 Number of households
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 167,947 ±1,069
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.6 ±0.1 (18,967  ±48) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 2.5 414,570 (±0 / ±109)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

7.3% ±3% (339  ±144) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 5.7% † 5,497 (±0.7% / ±672)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

8,157 ±419 Number of housing units
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 189,841 ±84
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$166,400 ±$10,855 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $205,000 ±$3,574
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

11.7% ±3.6% (2,194  ±674.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 13.8% 57,422 (±0.7% / ±3,037.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

86.6% ±6.1% (11,387  ±874.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 89% 257,964 (±1.5% / ±4,224.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
22% ±3.3% (2,885  ±442.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 26.7% 77,244 (±0.8% / ±2,359.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

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

3.2% ±1.7% (599  ±316) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 3.8% 15,886
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

9.9% ±2% (1,396  ±281) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 11.6% 36,988 (±0.5% / ±1,442)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
1,396 Total veterans ±281 1,189 Male ±245 207 Female ±118

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