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Southaven, MS

55,531 Population
41.3 square miles 1,343.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$34,176 ±$1,963 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $36,519 ±$516
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$76,159 ±$4,777 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $64,743 ±$928
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

12.3% ±2.4% (6,781  ±1,316) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 16.3% 214,970 (±0.5% / ±6,805)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

24.1 minutes ±0.8 (602,770  ±32,698) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 24.4 13,669,260 (±0.2 / ±168,206)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

20,591 ±589 Number of households
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 517,674 ±1,864
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.7 ±0.1 (55,223  ±42) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 2.6 1,320,055 (±0 / ±226)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

7.5% ±2% (1,108  ±296) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5.1% 16,593 (±0.3% / ±1,067)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

22,473 ±551 Number of housing units
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 576,520 ±214
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$214,800 ±$11,864 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $228,100 ±$2,631
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

13.3% ±2.8% (7,261  ±1,543.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 12.2% 161,146 (±0.5% / ±6,917.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

92.7% ±4.5% (33,404  ±1,769.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 89.5% 795,394 (±0.8% / ±7,269.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
27% ±2.4% (9,733  ±899.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 30.7% 273,241 (±0.5% / ±4,283.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

3.8% ±1% (2,088  ±525) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.1% 81,779
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

7.6% ±1.4% (3,093  ±565) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.6% 65,907 (±0.2% / ±2,306)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
3,093 Total veterans ±565 2,592 Male ±457 501 Female ±242

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