Cleveland vs Shaw

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

Cleveland and Shaw 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 1,586 in Shaw). Cleveland has the higher median household income ($43,519 vs $23,913 in Shaw). Cleveland has the higher median home value ($162,300 vs $84,200 in Shaw).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland	Shaw
Population	10,855	1,586
Median age	34.7 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,519	$23,913
Median home value	$162,300	$84,200
Median gross rent	$860	$518
Housing units	4,848	744
Homeownership rate	65.9%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland	Shaw
Population	11,627 → 10,855 (-6.6%)	2,004 → 1,586 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$35,278 → $43,519 (+23.4%)	$20,265 → $23,913 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$128,300 → $162,300 (+26.5%)	$60,700 → $84,200 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $860 (+6.7%)	$518 → $518 (+0.0%)

Cleveland

Population

11,62710,855

Median household income

$35,278$43,519

Median home value

$128,300$162,300

Median gross rent

$806$860

Shaw

Population

2,0041,586

Median household income

$20,265$23,913

Median home value

$60,700$84,200

Median gross rent

$518$518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland	Shaw
Under 5	8.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	24.1%
18 to 24	12.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	6.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	12.2%
75 and over	7.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland	Shaw
White (non-Hispanic)	40.4%	0.7%
Black or African American	52.5%	96.2%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland	Shaw
No high school diploma	14.0%	18.8%
High school graduate	21.3%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland	Shaw
Drove alone	86.7%	91.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland	Shaw
1-unit, detached	78.5%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	9.3%
20 or more units	2.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland	Shaw
Poverty rate	28.7%	40.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1975	1977