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Lyman, MS

2,298 Population
7.8 square miles 295.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±7.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$29,933 ±$7,170 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $34,345 ±$651
  • a little less than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$75,455 ±$36,206 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $62,418 ±$1,476
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

20.8% ±12.2% (478  ±304) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 15.6% 64,423 (±0.7% / ±2,833)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

20.7 minutes ±4.4 (13,090  ±6,188) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 25.8 4,392,100 (±0.6 / ±127,851)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

754 ±162 Number of households
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 167,947 ±1,069
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
3.1 ±0.4 (2,296  ±567) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 2.5 414,570 (±0 / ±109)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

14.2% ±15.4% (68  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 5.7% † 5,497 (±0.7% / ±672)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

844 ±180 Number of housing units
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 189,841 ±84
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$215,900 ±$28,108 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $205,000 ±$3,574
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

8.3% ±4.9% (184  ±118.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 13.8% 57,422 (±0.7% / ±3,037.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

93.8% ±29.3% (1,453  ±306.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 89% 257,964 (±1.5% / ±4,224.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
22.9% ±8.4% (354  ±153.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 26.7% 77,244 (±0.8% / ±2,359.1)
  • about 90 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

4% ±5.2% (91  ±121) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 3.8% 15,886
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

14.7% ±7.7% (230  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 11.6% 36,988 (±0.5% / ±1,442)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
230 Total veterans ±133 221 Male ±133 9 Female ±15

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