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38824

8,244 Population
146.8 square miles 56.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 37.8 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$25,783 ±$2,706 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: $33,987 ±$1,849
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$48,151 ±$4,086 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: $63,170 ±$2,476
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

19.7% ±5.2% (1,614  ±461) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 15.1% 19,451 (±1.2% / ±1,566)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

25 minutes ±3.8 (79,910  ±18,965) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 22.4 1,253,340 (±0.6 / ±46,740)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

3,250 ±393 Number of households
  • the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 51,805 ±647
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.5 ±0.4 (8,201  ±928) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 2.5 129,048 (±0 / ±74)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

5.7% ±4.9% (100  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 5.2% † 1,619 (±0.9% / ±289)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

3,792 ±374 Number of housing units
  • the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 59,243 ±71
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$104,700 ±$28,784 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: $170,600 ±$4,544
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

5.3% ±2.4% (431  ±197.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 7.7% † 10,044 (±0.8% / ±1,023.2)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

82.6% ±2.4% (4,464  ±571.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 86.7% 76,521 (±2.3% / ±2,062.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
14.1% ±2.8% (764  ±180.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 24.6% 21,735 (±1.3% / ±1,102.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

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

1.7% ±1.5% (141  ±121) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 1.8% 2,373
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

3.9% ±1.9% (232  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 5.5% 5,549 (±0.5% / ±480)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
232 Total veterans ±116 220 Male ±118 12 Female ±14

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