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39347

1,462 Population
78.7 square miles 18.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.1 ±8.8 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 38.6 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$26,503 ±$5,210 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $28,820 ±$1,360
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$49,265 ±$7,888 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $51,236 ±$2,578
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

13% ±9.7% (190  ±149) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 18.9% † 15,268 (±2.2% / ±1,747)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

55.2 minutes ±29 (23,450  ±14,594) Mean travel time to work
  • more than double the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 25.9 836,430 (±1.5 / ±56,563)
  • more than double the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

604 ±152 Number of households
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 31,604 ±632
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.4 ±0.8 (1,462  ±342) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.6 80,824 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

11.7% ±12.9% (25  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.6% † 1,219 (±2.2% / ±403)
  • about double the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

721 ±161 Number of housing units
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 36,959 ±45
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$187,500 ±$85,144 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $132,900 † ±$18,287
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

6.5% ±4.9% (95  ±73.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 7.7% † 6,246 (±1.3% / ±1,088.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

90.8% ±30.6% (1,023  ±227.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 88% 48,072 (±3.3% / ±1,828.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
22.1% ±9.8% (249  ±126.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 19% 10,351 (±1.5% / ±807.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

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

0.4% ±0.6% (6  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.4% 1,999
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

7.8% ±5.6% (100  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.1% † 3,802 (±0.8% / ±492)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
100 Total veterans ±76 100 Male ±76 N/A Female ±14

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