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39503

55,059 Population
114.3 square miles 481.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,645 ±$2,101 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $34,345 ±$651
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$62,641 ±$3,819 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $62,418 ±$1,476
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

14.7% ±2.2% (7,916  ±1,214) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 15.6% 64,423 (±0.7% / ±2,833)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

26.7 minutes ±0.7 (596,580  ±44,558) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 25.8 4,392,100 (±0.6 / ±127,851)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

21,636 ±819 Number of households
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 167,947 ±1,069
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.5 ±0.1 (54,109  ±1,973) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 2.5 414,570 (±0 / ±109)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

5.5% ±1.9% (744  ±255) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 5.7% † 5,497 (±0.7% / ±672)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

23,433 ±839 Number of housing units
  • the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 189,841 ±84
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$203,800 ±$6,927 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: $205,000 ±$3,574
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

12.4% ±2.2% (6,712  ±1,214.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 13.8% 57,422 (±0.7% / ±3,037.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

91.2% ±2.7% (34,289  ±1,610.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 89% 257,964 (±1.5% / ±4,224.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
26.1% ±2.1% (9,808  ±881.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 26.7% 77,244 (±0.8% / ±2,359.1)
  • a little 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

3.1% ±0.7% (1,686  ±365) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 3.8% 15,886
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

15.1% ±1.8% (6,157  ±769) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area: 11.6% 36,988 (±0.5% / ±1,442)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
6,157 Total veterans ±769 5,082 Male ±699 1,075 Female ±269

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