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39480

1,947 Population
49 square miles 39.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 38.5 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$30,196 ±$5,988 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $27,240 ±$1,320
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$58,929 ±$6,465 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $49,867 ±$3,772
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

3.6% ±3.5% (69  ±71) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 20.4% 16,607 (±2% / ±1,596)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

35.4 minutes ±19.5 (32,015  ±19,844) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 26.4 868,580 (±1.6 / ±58,997)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

742 ±166 Number of households
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 30,990 ±690
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.6 ±0.5 (1,947  ±591) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.6 81,229 (±0.1 / ±38)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

845 ±191 Number of housing units
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 36,807 ±45
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$159,100 ±$67,812 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $125,000 ±$11,094
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

15.4% ±21.5% (298  ±425.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.8% † 5,539 (±1.5% / ±1,260.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

86.5% ±25.4% (1,119  ±217.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 87.6% 48,131 (±3.1% / ±1,713.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
19.7% ±6.2% (255  ±98) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 18.6% 10,216 (±1.5% / ±809.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

0.2% ±0.4% (4  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.2% 1,842
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

2.4% ±2.4% (33  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.2% † 3,832 (±0.9% / ±528)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
33 Total veterans ±33 30 Male ±32 3 Female ±5

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