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Morgantown, MS

1,038 Population
0.8 square miles 1,266.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 40.8 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,733 ±$16,185 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: $26,045 ±$1,506
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,308 ±$24,464 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: $42,104 ±$2,142
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.2% ±10.1% (199  ±120) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 29.4% 14,914 (±2.1% / ±1,049)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.2 minutes ±4.8 (9,070  ±4,715) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 22.2 396,245 (±1.7 / ±34,682)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

448 ±120 Number of households
  • the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 20,736 ±536
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (1,038  ±309) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 2.5 50,848 (±0.1 / ±209)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±2.4% (4  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 8.1% † 896 (±2.9% / ±326)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

516 ±128 Number of housing units
  • the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 27,358 ±100
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$95,100 ±$6,217 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: $101,500 ±$5,753
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.9% ±3.5% (30  ±36.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 9.3% † 4,973 (±1.1% / ±609.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.1% ±3.8% (610  ±174.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 84.2% 31,344 (±3.4% / ±1,273.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.8% ±10.5% (106  ±81) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 18.6% 6,901 (±1.7% / ±649.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.9% ±3.7% (20  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 3.4% 1,850
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±4.3% (51  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area: 5.1% † 2,183 (±0.7% / ±280)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
51 Total veterans ±44 51 Male ±44 N/A Female ±14

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