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Gulfport School District, MS

38,859 Population
22.5 square miles 1,724 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Harrison County: 38.1 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$29,133 ±$2,120 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Harrison County: $31,586 ±$692
  • a little less than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$41,201 ±$3,846 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Harrison County: $57,233 ±$2,075
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

26.2% ±2.8% (9,921  ±1,163) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Harrison County: 17.4% 35,642 (±1.3% / ±2,547)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

19.4 minutes ±1 (284,495  ±26,553) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Harrison County: 23.3 2,017,335 (±0.8 / ±83,930)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

15,673 ±809 Number of households
  • Harrison County: 81,214 ±795
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.4 ±0.2 (37,958  ±1,683) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Harrison County: 2.5 205,107 (±0 / ±162)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

4.7% ±1.7% (435  ±156) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Harrison County: 5.5% † 2,726 (±0.8% / ±417)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

18,720 ±730 Number of housing units
  • Harrison County: 93,505 ±82
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$181,400 ±$17,837 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Harrison County: $199,300 ±$4,827
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

22.9% ±2.6% (8,837  ±1,083.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Harrison County: 16% 33,172 (±1% / ±2,134.4)
  • about double the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

84.8% ±1.7% (22,808  ±1,170.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Harrison County: 89.2% 125,762 (±2.1% / ±2,917.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
22.6% ±1.7% (6,085  ±537.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Harrison County: 25.5% 35,927 (±1.1% / ±1,544.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

3.4% ±0.8% (1,315  ±328) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Harrison County: 4.4% 9,250
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

11.6% ±1.3% (3,465  ±412) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Harrison County: 13.4% 20,629 (±0.8% / ±1,243)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
3,465 Total veterans ±412 2,827 Male ±338 638 Female ±195

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