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West Jasper School District, MS

8,601 Population
345.9 square miles 24.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Jasper County: 41.9 ±2.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,901 ±$2,219 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jasper County: $25,961 ±$2,504
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,455 ±$10,049 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jasper County: $48,660 † ±$6,117
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.4% ±3% (886  ±267) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Jasper County: 19.4% † 3,093 (±4.6% / ±737)
  • 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)

31.9 minutes ±2.1 (114,945  ±15,154) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Jasper County: 33.7 203,375 (±3 / ±23,604)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,573 ±315 Number of households
  • Jasper County: 6,647 ±292
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (8,514  ±676) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Jasper County: 2.4 15,972 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.7% ±1.4% (31  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Jasper County: 5.4% † 181 (±3.4% / ±114)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,627 ±279 Number of housing units
  • Jasper County: 8,133 ±18
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$99,300 ±$24,794 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jasper County: $107,100 † ±$18,693
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.1% ±2.1% (349  ±177.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jasper County: 5.1% † 820 (±1.6% / ±249.3)
  • about two-fifths 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

92.8% ±4.1% (5,653  ±531.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jasper County: 90.8% 10,020 (±6% / ±667.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.1% ±2.8% (799  ±183.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jasper County: 12.2% † 1,349 (±2.3% / ±251.6)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about two-fifths of 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

1% ±1.2% (89  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jasper County: 0.6% 100
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±1.5% (394  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jasper County: 6.1% † 759 (±1.5% / ±185)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
394 Total veterans ±108 358 Male ±106 36 Female ±28

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