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39701

11,958 Population
190.6 square miles 62.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 38.2 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$24,358 ±$2,816 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: $29,086 ±$1,315
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$32,599 ±$10,603 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: $51,117 ±$3,178
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

34.4% ±7% (3,876  ±862) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 18.6% † 12,306 (±1.9% / ±1,266)
  • nearly double the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

17.4 minutes ±1.6 (71,625  ±10,890) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 21.9 572,185 (±1.1 / ±34,558)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

5,335 ±467 Number of households
  • the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 26,952 ±512
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.1 ±0.1 (11,212  ±1,019) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 2.5 66,192 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

2.5% ±1.9% (55  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 6.5% † 1,014 (±1.9% / ±300)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

6,899 ±477 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 31,896 ±67
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$117,900 ±$24,524 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: $150,900 ±$9,871
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

11.3% ±2.6% (1,340  ±331.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 11.6% † 7,755 (±1.5% / ±1,024)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

83.6% ±4.6% (7,105  ±731.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 87.4% 39,571 (±3.5% / ±1,591.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
21.4% ±3.9% (1,823  ±366.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 25.5% 11,552 (±1.8% / ±832.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

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

2.2% ±1.3% (259  ±156) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 2.1% 1,442
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

9.2% ±2.6% (890  ±257) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 8.2% † 4,141 (±1% / ±505)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
890 Total veterans ±257 849 Male ±253 41 Female ±36

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