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Richton School District, MS

3,428 Population
123.5 square miles 27.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Perry County: 43.4 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,865 ±$4,843 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Perry County: $27,110 ±$1,849
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,028 ±$6,480 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Perry County: $49,634 † ±$7,736
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.1% ±5.2% (341  ±181) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Perry County: 18.4% † 2,053 (±3.4% / ±380)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

39.3 minutes ±5.1 (50,510  ±14,921) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Perry County: 29.1 † 123,370 (±3.8 / ±18,208)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,314 ±201 Number of households
  • Perry County: 4,647 ±197
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.5 (3,315  ±473) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Perry County: 2.4 11,330 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,583 ±196 Number of housing units
  • Perry County: 5,498 ±25
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$154,400 ±$14,587 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Perry County: $124,000 † ±$31,491
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.9% ±1.9% (133  ±67.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Perry County: 4.3% † 495 (±1.9% / ±216)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.3% ±6.2% (2,266  ±348) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Perry County: 90.9% 7,229 (±6.5% / ±531.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.7% ±5.7% (489  ±156.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Perry County: 12.9% † 1,029 (±2.6% / ±203.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.2% ±0.3% (6  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Perry County: 2.4% 278
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±3.4% (232  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Perry County: 7.5% † 654 (±1.6% / ±139)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
232 Total veterans ±97 191 Male ±84 41 Female ±50

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