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Sharon, MS

2,223 Population
8.6 square miles 259.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±12.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 38.5 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$32,202 ±$8,396 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $27,240 ±$1,320
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$90,278 ±$43,126 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $49,867 ±$3,772
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

15.2% ±13.5% (337  ±319) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 20.4% 16,607 (±2% / ±1,596)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

45.5 minutes ±32.4 (57,345  ±46,612) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 26.4 868,580 (±1.6 / ±58,997)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

778 ±266 Number of households
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 30,990 ±690
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.9 ±1.4 (2,223  ±730) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.6 81,229 (±0.1 / ±38)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

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

Housing

876 ±266 Number of housing units
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 36,807 ±45
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$100,100 ±$36,943 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $125,000 ±$11,094
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

1.7% ±2.1% (37  ±49.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.8% † 5,539 (±1.5% / ±1,260.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

95.5% ±43.1% (1,514  ±428.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 87.6% 48,131 (±3.1% / ±1,713.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
16.7% ±5.9% (264  ±131.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 18.6% 10,216 (±1.5% / ±809.5)
  • 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

1.9% ±2.3% (42  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.2% 1,842
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

5.8% ±4.3% (100  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.2% † 3,832 (±0.9% / ±528)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
100 Total veterans ±81 43 Male ±45 57 Female ±58

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