Mound Bayou vs Shaw

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

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

Shaw has the higher population (1,586 vs 1,526 in Mound Bayou). Shaw has the higher median household income ($23,913 vs $23,194 in Mound Bayou). Shaw has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $63,100 in Mound Bayou).

Population, income & housing

	Mound Bayou	Shaw
Population	1,526	1,586
Median age	40.1 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$23,194	$23,913
Median home value	$63,100	$84,200
Median gross rent	$532	$518
Housing units	718	744
Homeownership rate	33.1%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mound Bayou	Shaw
Population	1,714 → 1,526 (-11.0%)	2,004 → 1,586 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$21,622 → $23,194 (+7.3%)	$20,265 → $23,913 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $63,100 (-23.0%)	$60,700 → $84,200 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$465 → $532 (+14.4%)	$518 → $518 (+0.0%)

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

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)

	Mound Bayou	Shaw
Under 5	5.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	21.8%	24.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	6.4%
55 to 64	17.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.2%
75 and over	6.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mound Bayou	Shaw
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.7%
Black or African American	99.1%	96.2%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mound Bayou	Shaw
No high school diploma	12.5%	18.8%
High school graduate	19.4%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mound Bayou	Shaw
Drove alone	92.6%	91.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mound Bayou	Shaw
1-unit, detached	67.7%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	22.6%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	9.3%
20 or more units	1.8%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Mound Bayou	Shaw
Poverty rate	44.5%	40.6%
Average household size	2.55	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1978	1977