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39437

12,530 Population
169.6 square miles 73.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 38.6 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,561 ±$3,736 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $28,820 ±$1,360
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$56,240 ±$6,668 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $51,236 ±$2,578
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

13.2% ±3.6% (1,515  ±434) 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)

24.9 minutes ±2.5 (120,560  ±20,273) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 25.9 836,430 (±1.5 / ±56,563)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

4,642 ±471 Number of households
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 31,604 ±632
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.4 ±0.4 (11,346  ±1,132) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.6 80,824 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

6.5% ±4.1% (180  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.6% † 1,219 (±2.2% / ±403)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

5,545 ±503 Number of housing units
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 36,959 ±45
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$174,100 ±$27,037 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $132,900 † ±$18,287
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

7.5% ±2.4% (923  ±304.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 7.7% † 6,246 (±1.3% / ±1,088.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

89.3% ±5.3% (7,479  ±791.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
25.2% ±4% (2,108  ±381.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 19% 10,351 (±1.5% / ±807.8)
  • about the same as 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% (185  ±137) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.4% 1,999
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

6.3% ±1.8% (618  ±187) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.1% † 3,802 (±0.8% / ±492)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
618 Total veterans ±187 555 Male ±166 63 Female ±58

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