Mound Bayou vs Renova

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

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

Mound Bayou has the higher population (1,526 vs 720 in Renova). Renova has the higher median home value ($112,800 vs $63,100 in Mound Bayou). Since 2019, Mound Bayou's population has grown faster (-11.0% vs -17.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Mound Bayou	Renova
Population	1,526	720
Median age	40.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$23,194	—
Median home value	$63,100	$112,800
Median gross rent	$532	$570
Housing units	718	386
Homeownership rate	33.1%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mound Bayou	Renova
Population	1,714 → 1,526 (-11.0%)	868 → 720 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$21,622 → $23,194 (+7.3%)	$21,964 → $25,974 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $63,100 (-23.0%)	$83,600 → $112,800 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$465 → $532 (+14.4%)	$426 → $570 (+33.8%)

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

Renova

Population

868720

Median household income

$21,964$25,974

Median home value

$83,600$112,800

Median gross rent

$426$570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mound Bayou	Renova
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	6.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	17.4%	18.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	17.4%
75 and over	6.6%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mound Bayou	Renova
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.8%
Black or African American	99.1%	91.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mound Bayou	Renova
No high school diploma	12.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	19.4%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mound Bayou	Renova
Drove alone	92.6%	82.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mound Bayou	Renova
1-unit, detached	67.7%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	22.6%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	9.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mound Bayou	Renova
Poverty rate	44.5%	38.8%
Average household size	2.55	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1978	1985