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Prentiss, MS

1,048 Population
3 square miles 350.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson Davis County: 45.7 ±1.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$19,658 ±$4,155 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson Davis County: $24,065 ±$2,282
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$30,395 ±$8,220 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson Davis County: $37,183 † ±$3,914
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

24.4% ±5.4% (230  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson Davis County: 25% † 2,770 (±5.1% / ±559)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

31.9 minutes ±14.3 (9,205  ±6,171) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson Davis County: 34.2 † 142,455 (±3.9 / ±20,929)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

372 ±95 Number of households
  • Jefferson Davis County: 4,383 ±224
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.5 ±0.5 (919  ±304) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson Davis County: 2.5 11,054 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

504 ±104 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson Davis County: 5,665 ±25
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$84,800 ±$11,874 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Jefferson Davis County: $87,100 ±$6,382
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

20.8% ±8.6% (218  ±109.8) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Jefferson Davis County: 10.5% † 1,164 (±3.5% / ±385.7)
  • nearly double the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

83.6% ±4% (628  ±153.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson Davis County: 87.6% 6,983 (±6.8% / ±555.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
15.7% ±6.7% (118  ±57.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson Davis County: 13.5% † 1,080 (±3.1% / ±245.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

0.6% ±0.8% (6  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson Davis County: 0.2% 20
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

11.1% ±6.6% (93  ±60) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson Davis County: 6.6% † 591 (±2.1% / ±183)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
93 Total veterans ±60 89 Male ±58 4 Female ±10

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