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Water Valley School District, MS

7,458 Population
130.9 square miles 57 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Yalobusha County: 42.6 ±1.5
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,486 ±$3,398 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Yalobusha County: $27,106 ±$2,278
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,857 ±$17,296 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Yalobusha County: $49,151 † ±$5,867
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.5% ±5.4% (1,480  ±409) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Yalobusha County: 21.5% † 2,613 (±4.8% / ±584)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.2 minutes ±5 (91,185  ±20,661) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Yalobusha County: 30.5 † 138,840 (±3.4 / ±20,355)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,818 ±250 Number of households
  • Yalobusha County: 4,996 ±269
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (7,242  ±609) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Yalobusha County: 2.4 12,203 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.4% ±3.3% (54  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Yalobusha County: 2.1% † 56 (±2% / ±52)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,353 ±275 Number of housing units
  • Yalobusha County: 6,504 ±25
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$149,100 ±$23,244 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Yalobusha County: $122,300 † ±$24,981
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.2% ±1.8% (382  ±139.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Yalobusha County: 6.1% † 757 (±2.1% / ±264.9)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.8% ±6.3% (4,347  ±488.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Yalobusha County: 83.4% 7,351 (±6.5% / ±586.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.9% ±4.3% (957  ±232.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Yalobusha County: 15.6% † 1,373 (±3% / ±262.9)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.4% ±0.5% (27  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Yalobusha County: 0.4% 45
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±2.5% (351  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Yalobusha County: 7.2% † 692 (±1.7% / ±166)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
351 Total veterans ±148 335 Male ±146 16 Female ±19

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