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Water Valley, MS

3,380 Population
7 square miles 482.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±4.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 32.6 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$23,936 ±$4,031 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: $33,169 ±$2,122
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$47,167 ±$19,402 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: $61,617 ±$3,014
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

27.5% ±10% (879  ±319) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 19.5% † 12,298 (±2.2% / ±1,369)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

23.8 minutes ±3.9 (33,795  ±7,716) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 23.5 662,345 (±1.5 / ±48,187)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

1,230 ±113 Number of households
  • the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 23,547 ±652
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.6 ±0.2 (3,199  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 2.7 63,400 (±0.1 / ±116)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

1.1% ±1.9% (9  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 4.1% † 807 (±1.5% / ±300)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

1,543 ±138 Number of housing units
  • the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 34,894 ±53
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$111,000 ±$28,196 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: $222,900 ±$9,841
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

12.5% ±6.4% (421  ±,215.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 17.7% 12,166 (±1.6% / ±1,118.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

84.9% ±11.9% (1,988  ±306) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 90.3% 37,935 (±3.7% / ±1,565.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
14.9% ±5.7% (349  ±,135.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 37.5% 15,742 (±2.3% / ±,976.5)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.3% ±0.5% (10  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 3.1% 2,173
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

2.8% ±2.5% (73  ±67) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 5.2% † 2,918 (±0.6% / ±360)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
73 Total veterans ±67 73 Male ±67 N/A Female ±14

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