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Water Valley, MS

3,383 Population
7 square miles 482.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Yalobusha County: 41.8 ±1.1
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,388 ±$4,104 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Yalobusha County: $24,719 ±$2,043
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $29,209 ±$294
$45,718 ±$14,717 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Yalobusha County: $47,006 † ±$5,290
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $52,985 ±$527

27.3% ±9.6% (875  ±306) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Yalobusha County: 20.5% † 2,510 (±4.5% / ±552)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.2% 548,804 (±0.3% / ±8,778)

21.8 minutes ±4.1 (28,540  ±7,066) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Yalobusha County: 28 † 137,100 (±3.1 / ±18,558)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 29,946,516 (±0.2 / ±313,109)

Families

1,263 ±141 Number of households
  • Yalobusha County: 5,106 ±275
  • Mississippi: 1,121,269 ±4,612
2.5 ±0.3 (3,203  ±32) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Yalobusha County: 2.4 12,259 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,864,355

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

Housing

1,490 ±158 Number of housing units
  • Yalobusha County: 6,437 ±16
  • Mississippi: 1,324,992 ±359

$112,300 ±$12,636 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Yalobusha County: $94,100 ±$8,395
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $151,000 ±$1,427

14.5% ±6.5% (492  ±,221.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Yalobusha County: 9.5% † 1,180 (±3.2% / ±402)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11.7% 341,664 (±0.3% / ±7,788.3)

Social

86.3% ±11.6% (2,005  ±,306.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Yalobusha County: 84.5% 7,569 (±5.9% / ±,543.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.2% 1,697,223 (±0.6% / ±11,026.6)
13.9% ±6.2% (322  ±,145.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Yalobusha County: 12.3% † 1,106 (±2.6% / ±,229.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 23.9% 470,071 (±0.3% / ±5,804.1)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.2% ±3.1% (112  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Yalobusha County: 6.7% † 648 (±1.7% / ±163)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 155,583 (±0.1% / ±3,073)
112 Total veterans ±81 101 Male ±77 11 Female ±20

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