Census Reporter

Gloster, MS

1,356 Population
1.8 square miles 743.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±9.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Amite County: 47.3 ±1.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 37.7 ±0.2

Economics

$15,937 ±$4,479 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Amite County: $22,414 † ±$2,387
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $25,444 ±$208
N/A Median household income

41.4% ±20.5% (561  ±345) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Amite County: 30.9% † 3,776 (±4.9% / ±598)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 19.6% 564,439 (±0.4% / ±10,503)

37.2 minutes ±11.4 (17,690  ±9,759) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Amite County: 42.2 † 154,560 (±4.3 / ±24,389)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.2 30,072,720 (±0.2 / ±336,381)

Families

514 ±206 Number of households
  • Amite County: 5,416 ±272
  • Mississippi: 1,116,649 ±4,463
2.6 ±1.4 (1,356  ±494) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Amite County: 2.3 12,231 (±0.1 / ±72)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,887,405 (±0)

8.7% ±13.7% (30  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Amite County: 1.6% † 35 (±2.3% / ±51)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.5% 38,786 (±0.3% / ±1,732)

Housing

654 ±205 Number of housing units
  • Amite County: 6,827 ±37
  • Mississippi: 1,330,867 ±236

$69,200 ±$9,242 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Amite County: $85,200 † ±$11,705
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $125,500 ±$1,286

5.3% ±5.8% (71  ±81.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Amite County: 7.3% † 900 (±2.7% / ±327.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 12.5% 369,237 (±0.3% / ±7,840)

Social

87.6% ±41.4% (734  ±234.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Amite County: 86.1% 7,814 (±6.5% / ±608.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 85.3% 1,692,077 (±0.5% / ±10,631)
13.7% ±12.8% (115  ±114.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Amite County: 12% † 1,086 (±2.5% / ±229.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 22.8% 451,199 (±0.3% / ±5,701.5)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.1% ±6.1% (39  ±60) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Amite County: 6.8% † 662 (±1.6% / ±160)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 7.3% 164,687 (±0.1% / ±2,533)
39 Total veterans ±60 39 Male ±60 N/A Female ±14

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