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39401

42,531 Population
188.9 square miles 225.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 35.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$26,416 ±$2,247 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $34,172 ±$1,637
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$41,127 ±$2,869 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $60,285 ±$2,115
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

31.1% ±3.7% (12,530  ±1,548) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 18.1% 27,106 (±1.5% / ±2,189)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

18.7 minutes ±1.7 (342,065  ±37,989) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 23.8 1,606,790 (±0.9 / ±70,248)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

17,826 ±682 Number of households
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 60,155 ±579
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.3 ±0.1 (40,249  ±1,496) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.5 150,649 (±0 / ±79)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

6.6% ±2.4% (806  ±292) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 5.2% † 2,145 (±1% / ±413)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

20,386 ±558 Number of housing units
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 66,936 ±63
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$134,300 ±$13,151 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $191,200 ±$6,700
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

18.9% ±2.6% (7,930  ±1,134.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 13.1% 20,130 (±1.2% / ±1,783)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

89.8% ±4.1% (23,431  ±1,357.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 91.8% 91,540 (±2.5% / ±2,540.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
29.4% ±2.7% (7,663  ±761.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 30.9% 30,828 (±1.5% / ±1,476.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

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

2.8% ±0.9% (1,208  ±377) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.7% 4,255
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

6% ±1% (2,000  ±326) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 6.7% 7,940 (±0.6% / ±682)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
2,000 Total veterans ±326 1,817 Male ±294 183 Female ±121

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