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Hazlehurst, MS

3,520 Population
4.4 square miles 794.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±5.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$26,161 ±$7,818 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $34,708 ±$652
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$43,552 ±$3,831 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $61,644 ±$1,292
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

33% ±8.9% (1,143  ±310) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 17.7% 104,071 (±0.8% / ±4,634)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

24.4 minutes ±7.4 (33,795  ±12,103) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 25 6,201,435 (±0.3 / ±105,750)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

1,161 ±217 Number of households
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 237,841 ±1,443
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
3 ±0.6 (3,452  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.5 588,004 (±0 / ±312)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

8.4% ±5.6% (84  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 5.6% 8,284 (±0.5% / ±760)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

1,514 ±235 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 271,927 ±257
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$110,500 ±$17,785 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $200,500 ±$3,987
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

9.8% ±6% (343  ±208.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 11.8% 71,502 (±0.6% / ±3,898.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

88.4% ±12% (2,075  ±368.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 88.4% 364,107 (±1.2% / ±5,068.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
25.9% ±7.6% (607  ±190.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 32.2% 132,446 (±0.7% / ±3,043)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

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

5.7% ±4.1% (200  ±143) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.7% 16,750
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

5.8% ±4.1% (155  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 5.8% 27,223 (±0.3% / ±1,266)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
155 Total veterans ±111 155 Male ±111 N/A Female ±14

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