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Moss Point, MS

11,957 Population
24.1 square miles 495.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$24,886 ±$2,420 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $34,345 ±$651
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$44,296 ±$6,970 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $62,418 ±$1,476
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

20% ±3.8% (2,358  ±446) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

18.3 minutes ±2.4 (70,080  ±11,884) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 25.8 4,392,100 (±0.6 / ±127,851)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

4,938 ±329 Number of households
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 167,947 ±1,069
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.4 ±0.2 (11,809  ±42) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 2.5 414,570 (±0 / ±109)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

7.7% ±4.7% (197  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 5.7% † 5,497 (±0.7% / ±672)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

5,865 ±351 Number of housing units
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 189,841 ±84
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$110,100 ±$9,169 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $205,000 ±$3,574
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

8.9% ±2.8% (1,053  ±327.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 13.8% 57,422 (±0.7% / ±3,037.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

81.6% ±5.9% (7,015  ±589.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 89% 257,964 (±1.5% / ±4,224.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
13.7% ±3% (1,179  ±266.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 26.7% 77,244 (±0.8% / ±2,359.1)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

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

1.7% ±1.2% (205  ±139) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 3.8% 15,886
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

8.7% ±2.2% (820  ±204) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 11.6% 36,988 (±0.5% / ±1,442)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
820 Total veterans ±204 740 Male ±198 80 Female ±41

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