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Gloster, MS

1,189 Population
1.8 square miles 651.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Amite County: 48.8 ±0.8
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$17,843 ±$5,030 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Amite County: $24,941 † ±$2,701
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$22,500 ±$15,446 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Amite County: $35,385 † ±$4,979
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

32% ±11.4% (381  ±187) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Amite County: 27% † 3,379 (±4.5% / ±565)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

38.2 minutes ±9.2 (12,950  ±7,598) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Amite County: 36.7 † 130,215 (±5.1 / ±24,859)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

496 ±180 Number of households
  • Amite County: 5,862 ±295
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.4 ±1.2 (1,189  ±404) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Amite County: 2.1 12,496 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

4.2% ±7.7% (10  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Amite County: 5.7% † 128 (±3.3% / ±74)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

591 ±179 Number of housing units
  • Amite County: 7,289 ±19
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$73,400 ±$16,320 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Amite County: $89,800 † ±$16,102
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

6.6% ±6.1% (78  ±76.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Amite County: 9% † 1,124 (±3.4% / ±426.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

79.2% ±36.6% (687  ±215) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Amite County: 87.1% 7,903 (±6.6% / ±633.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
6.7% ±7.8% (58  ±70.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Amite County: 8% † 725 (±1.9% / ±177.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

0.8% ±1.1% (10  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Amite County: 0.4% 49
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

0.5% ±1.2% (5  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Amite County: 4.7% † 474 (±1.4% / ±139)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
5 Total veterans ±11 5 Male ±11 N/A Female ±14

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