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Starkville, MS

25,611 Population
27.8 square miles 922.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.3 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 27.4 ±0.5
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$32,632 ±$3,387 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: $28,832 ±$1,546
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$39,751 ±$3,497 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: $46,930 ±$3,666
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

32.5% ±3.8% (7,927  ±933) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 26.2% 14,590 (±2.3% / ±1,297)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

19.2 minutes ±1.9 (208,535  ±25,458) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 21.5 506,205 (±0.9 / ±33,198)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

11,795 ±501 Number of households
  • the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 25,401 ±533
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.1 ±0.1 (24,398  ±148) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 2.2 55,727 (±0.1 / ±125)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

3.6% ±2.6% (278  ±200) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 5.3% † 933 (±1.8% / ±323)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

14,434 ±404 Number of housing units
  • the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 30,520 ±74
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$265,900 ±$30,966 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: $184,200 ±$14,149
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

33.3% ±4.7% (8,499  ±1,203.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 23.5% † 14,226 (±2.4% / ±1,429)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

91.9% ±5.4% (12,663  ±929.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 89.6% 29,683 (±4.1% / ±1,379.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
50.9% ±3.8% (7,016  ±613.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 40.5% 13,416 (±2.8% / ±915.7)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

6.5% ±2.3% (1,657  ±598) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 4.1% 2,509
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

5% ±1.8% (1,050  ±375) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 5% † 2,508 (±0.9% / ±442)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
1,050 Total veterans ±375 904 Male ±274 146 Female ±189

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