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Waveland, MS

7,062 Population
8.5 square miles 831.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±7.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,343 ±$3,828 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $34,345 ±$651
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,693 ±$13,022 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $62,418 ±$1,476
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.8% ±5% (757  ±351) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 15.6% 64,423 (±0.7% / ±2,833)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33 minutes ±8.4 (105,280  ±30,441) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 25.8 4,392,100 (±0.6 / ±127,851)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,223 ±261 Number of households
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 167,947 ±1,069
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (7,062  ±49) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 2.5 414,570 (±0 / ±109)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±3.5% (57  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 5.7% † 5,497 (±0.7% / ±672)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,818 ±275 Number of housing units
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 189,841 ±84
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$218,900 ±$33,845 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $205,000 ±$3,574
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.3% ±4.2% (790  ±291.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 13.8% 57,422 (±0.7% / ±3,037.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.7% ±9.9% (4,648  ±588.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 89% 257,964 (±1.5% / ±4,224.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.7% ±5.7% (1,227  ±306.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 26.7% 77,244 (±0.8% / ±2,359.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.2% ±2.9% (367  ±204) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 3.8% 15,886
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11% ±3.7% (608  ±205) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 11.6% 36,988 (±0.5% / ±1,442)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
608 Total veterans ±205 557 Male ±192 51 Female ±62

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