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Gloster, MS

1,319 Population
1.8 square miles 723.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Amite County: 48.2 ±1.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$15,331 ±$4,553 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Amite County: $24,135 † ±$2,713
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $29,209 ±$294
$22,131 ±$9,491 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Amite County: $34,866 † ±$3,839
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $52,985 ±$527

38.6% ±14.1% (509  ±246) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Amite County: 27.1% † 3,398 (±4.4% / ±549)
  • about double the rate in Mississippi: 19.2% 548,804 (±0.3% / ±8,778)

40.6 minutes ±11.4 (13,735  ±9,338) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Amite County: 41.2 † 144,425 (±4.8 / ±24,914)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 29,946,516 (±0.2 / ±313,109)

Families

513 ±181 Number of households
  • Amite County: 5,834 ±308
  • Mississippi: 1,121,269 ±4,612
2.6 ±1.2 (1,319  ±419) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Amite County: 2.2 12,560 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,864,355

9.5% ±11.8% (30  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Amite County: 5.9% † 123 (±3% / ±64)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.5% 38,301 (±0.3% / ±1,800)

Housing

641 ±190 Number of housing units
  • Amite County: 7,231 ±16
  • Mississippi: 1,324,992 ±359

$73,600 ±$18,347 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Amite County: $91,400 † ±$14,001
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $151,000 ±$1,427

6.5% ±5.9% (83  ±79.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Amite County: 9.5% † 1,183 (±3.2% / ±,401.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 11.7% 341,664 (±0.3% / ±7,788.3)

Social

80.1% ±11.3% (694  ±,225.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Amite County: 87.5% 7,996 (±6.4% / ±,638.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.2% 1,697,223 (±0.6% / ±11,026.6)
10.2% ±10.7% (88  ±95.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Amite County: 9.2% † 844 (±2.4% / ±,220.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 23.9% 470,071 (±0.3% / ±5,804.1)

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

0.8% ±1% (11  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Amite County: 0.2% 28
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 2.3% 68,257

0.5% ±0.9% (5  ±9) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Amite County: 5.5% † 555 (±1.5% / ±146)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 155,583 (±0.1% / ±3,073)
5 Total veterans ±9 5 Male ±9 N/A Female ±14

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