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39422

4,427 Population
140.5 square miles 31.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±7.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 38.6 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$29,018 ±$2,600 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $28,820 ±$1,360
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$51,670 ±$5,038 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $51,236 ±$2,578
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

11.2% ±3.4% (489  ±162) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 18.9% † 15,268 (±2.2% / ±1,747)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

28.2 minutes ±3 (53,435  ±12,566) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 25.9 836,430 (±1.5 / ±56,563)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

1,977 ±280 Number of households
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 31,604 ±632
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.2 ±0 (4,340  ±619) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.6 80,824 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

4.7% ±3.9% (41  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.6% † 1,219 (±2.2% / ±403)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

2,481 ±272 Number of housing units
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 36,959 ±45
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$88,300 ±$17,531 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $132,900 † ±$18,287
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

3.5% ±2.5% (156  ±110.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 7.7% † 6,246 (±1.3% / ±1,088.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

92% ±17% (3,133  ±398.3) 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)
13.3% ±3.7% (451  ±138.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 19% 10,351 (±1.5% / ±807.8)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

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

1.9% ±2.1% (84  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.4% 1,999
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

4.5% ±1.6% (176  ±67) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.1% † 3,802 (±0.8% / ±492)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
176 Total veterans ±67 151 Male ±70 25 Female ±26

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