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39759

42,783 Population
323.6 square miles 132.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 27.4 ±0.7
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,190 ±$2,431 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: $30,385 ±$1,622
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$46,398 ±$4,345 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: $48,750 ±$3,457
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

26.1% ±2.9% (10,961  ±1,252) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 23.9% 13,344 (±2.3% / ±1,298)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

20.3 minutes ±1 (381,865  ±28,699) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 21.9 538,290 (±0.9 / ±34,490)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

20,226 ±435 Number of households
  • the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 25,913 ±432
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.1 (42,045  ±905) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 2.2 55,807 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

3.9% ±1.6% (465  ±196) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 4.4% † 789 (±1.3% / ±239)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

23,650 ±364 Number of housing units
  • the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 30,732 ±70
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$256,900 ±$23,382 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: $208,300 ±$16,318
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

26.1% ±3.1% (11,099  ±1,336.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 24.2% 14,743 (±2.2% / ±1,366)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

91.7% ±4.4% (22,042  ±1,186.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 90.1% 29,992 (±3.9% / ±1,302)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
50% ±3.2% (12,004  ±828.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 41.7% 13,871 (±2.7% / ±885.6)
  • about double the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

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

5.5% ±1.3% (2,367  ±577) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 4.2% 2,587
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

5.8% ±1.6% (2,035  ±554) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Starkville, MS Micro Area: 5.2% † 2,616 (±1.1% / ±548)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
2,035 Total veterans ±554 1,876 Male ±433 159 Female ±197

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