Alligator vs Beulah

A side-by-side comparison of Alligator and Beulah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beulah has the higher population (292 vs 209 in Alligator). Since 2019, Alligator's population has grown faster (+7.2% vs -41.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Alligator	Beulah
Population	209	292
Median age	33.7 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$31,542
Median home value	—	$70,000
Median gross rent	$696	$705
Housing units	72	168
Homeownership rate	62.0%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.2%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	18.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alligator	Beulah
Population	195 → 209 (+7.2%)	500 → 292 (-41.6%)
Median household income	$16,944 → $21,477 (+26.8%)	$27,955 → $31,542 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $83,000 (-21.9%)	$30,500 → $70,000 (+129.5%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $696 (+22.1%)	$654 → $705 (+7.8%)

Alligator

Population

195209

Median household income

$16,944$21,477

Median home value

$106,300$83,000

Median gross rent

$570$696

Beulah

Population

500292

Median household income

$27,955$31,542

Median home value

$30,500$70,000

Median gross rent

$654$705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alligator	Beulah
Under 5	5.7%	1.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	10.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	17.5%
25 to 34	17.7%	2.7%
35 to 44	18.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	4.3%	7.2%
55 to 64	16.7%	18.5%
65 to 74	5.3%	17.8%
75 and over	3.8%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alligator	Beulah
White (non-Hispanic)	29.2%	3.8%
Black or African American	70.3%	95.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alligator	Beulah
No high school diploma	26.1%	33.0%
High school graduate	44.2%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alligator	Beulah
Drove alone	89.1%	80.5%
Carpooled	10.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	8.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alligator	Beulah
1-unit, detached	59.7%	51.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.6%	42.9%

Poverty & households

	Alligator	Beulah
Poverty rate	58.7%	26.4%
Average household size	2.94	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1974	1990