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Gloster, MS

1,158 Population
1.8 square miles 634.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±13.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Amite County: 48.2 ±1.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 37.8 ±0.2

Economics

$14,917 ±$4,217 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Amite County: $22,791 † ±$2,467
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $26,807 ±$248
$18,814 ±$10,077 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Amite County: $31,367 † ±$3,886
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $49,111 ±$447

38.5% ±17% (446  ±248) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Amite County: 30.8% † 3,892 (±4.8% / ±606)
  • about double the rate in Mississippi: 19.4% 557,111 (±0.3% / ±8,218)

43.2 minutes ±14 (15,110  ±9,872) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Amite County: 44.2 † 159,470 (±4.5 / ±29,592)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 30,048,524 (±0.2 / ±328,460)

Families

491 ±170 Number of households
  • Amite County: 5,841 ±257
  • Mississippi: 1,108,670 ±4,270
2.4 ±1.1 (1,158  ±391) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Amite County: 2.2 12,622 (±0.1 / ±81)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,879,329 (±0)

8.7% ±14.6% (27  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Amite County: 2.2% † 45 (±2.6% / ±54)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.5% 38,201 (±0.3% / ±1,803)

Housing

645 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Amite County: 7,167 ±38
  • Mississippi: 1,317,375 ±836

$81,600 ±$8,708 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Amite County: $86,200 † ±$13,156
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $133,000 ±$1,361

7% ±6.5% (80  ±78.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Amite County: 9.2% † 1,163 (±3.7% / ±470.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 12.1% 354,313 (±0.3% / ±7,862.9)

Social

82.1% ±38.6% (593  ±193.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Amite County: 85.4% 7,941 (±6.9% / ±665.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 85.6% 1,690,583 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
15.8% ±13.7% (114  ±105.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Amite County: 10.6% † 986 (±2.3% / ±210.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 23.3% 458,928 (±0.3% / ±5,963.1)

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

0.6% ±1% (7  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Amite County: 0.4% † 49 (±0.4% / ±44)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 2.3% 68,580 (±0.1% / ±2,186)

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±14 N/A Male ±14 N/A Female ±14

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