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38849

5,874 Population
72.5 square miles 81 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 38 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$29,897 ±$4,674 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: $33,902 ±$1,681
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$72,018 ±$15,471 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: $63,188 ±$2,768
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

10.4% ±4.9% (602  ±299) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 13.2% 16,918 (±1.2% / ±1,469)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

25.3 minutes ±1.8 (67,550  ±12,206) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 22.6 1,278,590 (±0.4 / ±38,594)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

2,000 ±263 Number of households
  • the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 50,410 ±696
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.9 ±0.1 (5,874  ±795) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 2.6 128,708 (±0 / ±74)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

0.8% ±1% (10  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 4.8% † 1,482 (±1.1% / ±329)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

2,245 ±245 Number of housing units
  • the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 59,051 ±87
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$147,000 ±$22,377 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: $158,400 ±$5,847
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

9.4% ±3.9% (550  ±241.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 7.9% † 10,363 (±0.9% / ±1,130.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

88.2% ±17.8% (3,203  ±443.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 86.6% 76,314 (±2.4% / ±2,089.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
24.9% ±5.5% (903  ±238.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 24.3% 21,380 (±1.4% / ±1,227.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

0.5% ±0.5% (27  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 2% 2,663
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

5.6% ±2.2% (227  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Tupelo, MS Micro Area: 5.8% 5,780 (±0.6% / ±574)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
227 Total veterans ±93 205 Male ±79 22 Female ±28

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