Corinth vs Kossuth

A side-by-side comparison of Corinth and Kossuth: population, income, housing, and more.

Corinth and Kossuth are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Corinth has the higher population (14,450 vs 154 in Kossuth). Kossuth has the higher median household income ($100,625 vs $41,243 in Corinth). Corinth has the higher median home value ($164,200 vs $162,500 in Kossuth).

Population, income & housing

	Corinth	Kossuth
Population	14,450	154
Median age	46.1 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,243	$100,625
Median home value	$164,200	$162,500
Median gross rent	$638	$1,025
Housing units	7,575	59
Homeownership rate	50.2%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corinth	Kossuth
Population	14,562 → 14,450 (-0.8%)	229 → 154 (-32.8%)
Median household income	$38,460 → $41,243 (+7.2%)	$66,458 → $100,625 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$123,300 → $164,200 (+33.2%)	$113,800 → $162,500 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $638 (+7.2%)	$814 → $1,025 (+25.9%)

Corinth

Population

14,56214,450

Median household income

$38,460$41,243

Median home value

$123,300$164,200

Median gross rent

$595$638

Kossuth

Population

229154

Median household income

$66,458$100,625

Median home value

$113,800$162,500

Median gross rent

$814$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corinth	Kossuth
Under 5	6.1%	13.6%
5 to 17	12.3%	11.7%
18 to 24	10.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	15.6%
35 to 44	6.9%	2.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	18.8%
75 and over	9.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corinth	Kossuth
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	82.5%
Black or African American	19.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	16.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corinth	Kossuth
No high school diploma	17.6%	12.3%
High school graduate	29.4%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corinth	Kossuth
Drove alone	82.3%	96.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corinth	Kossuth
1-unit, detached	64.1%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Corinth	Kossuth
Poverty rate	21.4%	4.5%
Average household size	2.10	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1976	1976