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Long Beach, MS

16,809 Population
10.2 square miles 1,641.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$34,677 ±$3,988 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $31,154 ±$639
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $29,209 ±$294
$66,573 ±$6,257 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $58,287 ±$1,246
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $52,985 ±$527

9.2% ±2.8% (1,553  ±462) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 17% 69,629 (±0.9% / ±3,736)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 19.2% 548,804 (±0.3% / ±8,778)

20.5 minutes ±1.8 (148,680  ±16,435) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 25.7 4,383,245 (±0.7 / ±138,389)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 29,946,516 (±0.2 / ±313,109)

Families

6,708 ±355 Number of households
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 161,467 ±1,356
  • Mississippi: 1,121,269 ±4,612
2.5 ±0.1 (16,763  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 2.5 410,348 (±0 / ±264)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,864,355

4.7% ±4.1% (174  ±154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 5.4% † 5,203 (±0.7% / ±708)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.5% 38,301 (±0.3% / ±1,800)

Housing

7,538 ±396 Number of housing units
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 185,213 ±159
  • Mississippi: 1,324,992 ±359

$187,800 ±$12,380 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $175,800 ±$4,450
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $151,000 ±$1,427

16.7% ±4% (2,801  ±,669.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 15.6% 64,210 (±0.8% / ±3,365.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 11.7% 341,664 (±0.3% / ±7,788.3)

Social

93% ±5.6% (10,551  ±,847.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 89% 253,014 (±1.5% / ±4,404)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.2% 1,697,223 (±0.6% / ±11,026.6)
28.6% ±3.5% (3,242  ±,427.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 23.9% 67,943 (±0.8% / ±2,304.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 23.9% 470,071 (±0.3% / ±5,804.1)

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

5.7% ±1.8% (965  ±308) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 3.5% 14,463
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.3% 68,257

10.8% ±2.1% (1,358  ±272) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 11.9% 37,275 (±0.5% / ±1,649)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 155,583 (±0.1% / ±3,073)
1,358 Total veterans ±272 1,221 Male ±254 137 Female ±85

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