Cleveland vs Mound Bayou

A side-by-side comparison of Cleveland and Mound Bayou: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cleveland has the higher population (10,855 vs 1,526 in Mound Bayou). Cleveland has the higher median household income ($43,519 vs $23,194 in Mound Bayou). Cleveland has the higher median home value ($162,300 vs $63,100 in Mound Bayou).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland	Mound Bayou
Population	10,855	1,526
Median age	34.7 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,519	$23,194
Median home value	$162,300	$63,100
Median gross rent	$860	$532
Housing units	4,848	718
Homeownership rate	65.9%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland	Mound Bayou
Population	11,627 → 10,855 (-6.6%)	1,714 → 1,526 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$35,278 → $43,519 (+23.4%)	$21,622 → $23,194 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$128,300 → $162,300 (+26.5%)	$81,900 → $63,100 (-23.0%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $860 (+6.7%)	$465 → $532 (+14.4%)

Cleveland

Population

11,62710,855

Median household income

$35,278$43,519

Median home value

$128,300$162,300

Median gross rent

$806$860

Mound Bayou

Population

1,7141,526

Median household income

$21,622$23,194

Median home value

$81,900$63,100

Median gross rent

$465$532

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland	Mound Bayou
Under 5	8.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	21.8%
18 to 24	12.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	17.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.7%
75 and over	7.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland	Mound Bayou
White (non-Hispanic)	40.4%	0.0%
Black or African American	52.5%	99.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland	Mound Bayou
No high school diploma	14.0%	12.5%
High school graduate	21.3%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland	Mound Bayou
Drove alone	86.7%	92.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	0.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland	Mound Bayou
1-unit, detached	78.5%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	22.6%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	1.3%
20 or more units	2.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland	Mound Bayou
Poverty rate	28.7%	44.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1975	1978