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Moss Point, MS

12,173 Population
24.1 square miles 504.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±2.2 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

$24,109 ±$2,561 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $31,154 ±$639
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $29,209 ±$294
$44,779 ±$4,272 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $58,287 ±$1,246
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $52,985 ±$527

19.3% ±3.8% (2,318  ±459) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 17% 69,629 (±0.9% / ±3,736)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 19.2% 548,804 (±0.3% / ±8,778)

19.6 minutes ±1.6 (90,565  ±9,726) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 25.7 4,383,245 (±0.7 / ±138,389)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 29,946,516 (±0.2 / ±313,109)

Families

4,622 ±342 Number of households
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 161,467 ±1,356
  • Mississippi: 1,121,269 ±4,612
2.6 ±0.2 (12,026  ±23) 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

6.7% ±4.4% (185  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 5.4% † 5,203 (±0.7% / ±708)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.5% 38,301 (±0.3% / ±1,800)

Housing

5,627 ±418 Number of housing units
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 185,213 ±159
  • Mississippi: 1,324,992 ±359

$104,500 ±$8,465 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $175,800 ±$4,450
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $151,000 ±$1,427

7.3% ±2.3% (879  ±276) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 15.6% 64,210 (±0.8% / ±3,365.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 11.7% 341,664 (±0.3% / ±7,788.3)

Social

87.6% ±5.7% (7,445  ±643) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 89% 253,014 (±1.5% / ±4,404)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.2% 1,697,223 (±0.6% / ±11,026.6)
15.4% ±3.3% (1,312  ±,287.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 23.9% 67,943 (±0.8% / ±2,304.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 23.9% 470,071 (±0.3% / ±5,804.1)

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

1.2% ±1.2% (146  ±145) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 3.5% 14,463
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 2.3% 68,257

5.7% ±1.9% (543  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 11.9% 37,275 (±0.5% / ±1,649)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 155,583 (±0.1% / ±3,073)
543 Total veterans ±178 460 Male ±162 83 Female ±51

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