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Houston, MS

3,741 Population
7.4 square miles 507.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chickasaw County: 38.4 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$19,153 ±$2,600 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chickasaw County: $23,189 ±$1,767
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$44,023 ±$9,853 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Chickasaw County: $43,586 ±$3,435
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

26.2% ±10.5% (960  ±385) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chickasaw County: 23.6% † 3,877 (±4.1% / ±680)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

17.4 minutes ±1.9 (21,475  ±4,536) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chickasaw County: 21.7 132,895 (±1.8 / ±14,392)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

1,472 ±136 Number of households
  • Chickasaw County: 6,674 ±260
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.5 ±0.2 (3,668  ±16) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Chickasaw County: 2.5 16,452 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

4.6% ±6.7% (40  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chickasaw County: 7% † 253 (±3% / ±110)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

1,672 ±133 Number of housing units
  • Chickasaw County: 7,851 ±24
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$122,800 ±$35,623 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chickasaw County: $109,800 ±$10,542
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

10% ±5% (371  ±184.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chickasaw County: 6.3% † 1,046 (±1.7% / ±278.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

87.5% ±11.9% (1,965  ±310.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chickasaw County: 80.5% 9,100 (±5.4% / ±611.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
19.6% ±6.8% (441  ±156.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chickasaw County: 12% † 1,359 (±2.3% / ±254.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

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

1.1% ±1% (41  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chickasaw County: 0.7% 119
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

3.3% ±3.5% (89  ±94) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chickasaw County: 4.4% † 560 (±1.4% / ±174)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
89 Total veterans ±94 89 Male ±94 N/A Female ±14

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