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39429

16,320 Population
298.7 square miles 54.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 35.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$28,762 ±$3,724 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $34,172 ±$1,637
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$46,401 ±$4,556 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $60,285 ±$2,115
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

17.9% ±4% (2,771  ±629) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 18.1% 27,106 (±1.5% / ±2,189)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

31.6 minutes ±7 (199,355  ±48,991) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 23.8 1,606,790 (±0.9 / ±70,248)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

6,252 ±434 Number of households
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 60,155 ±579
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.5 ±0.2 (15,650  ±791) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.5 150,649 (±0 / ±79)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

1.4% ±1.2% (52  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 5.2% † 2,145 (±1% / ±413)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

7,559 ±401 Number of housing units
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 66,936 ±63
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$141,700 ±$16,440 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters 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

7.9% ±2.9% (1,292  ±473.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 13.1% 20,130 (±1.2% / ±1,783)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

87% ±5.1% (9,709  ±775.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 91.8% 91,540 (±2.5% / ±2,540.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
14.8% ±2.8% (1,650  ±328.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 30.9% 30,828 (±1.5% / ±1,476.8)
  • 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

1.5% ±1.1% (238  ±173) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.7% 4,255
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

7% ±1.9% (859  ±242) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 6.7% 7,940 (±0.6% / ±682)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
859 Total veterans ±242 690 Male ±177 169 Female ±146

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