Mound Bayou vs Shelby

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

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

Shelby has the higher population (1,709 vs 1,526 in Mound Bayou). Shelby has the higher median household income ($27,728 vs $23,194 in Mound Bayou). Shelby has the higher median home value ($82,400 vs $63,100 in Mound Bayou).

Population, income & housing

	Mound Bayou	Shelby
Population	1,526	1,709
Median age	40.1 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$23,194	$27,728
Median home value	$63,100	$82,400
Median gross rent	$532	$613
Housing units	718	811
Homeownership rate	33.1%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	27.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mound Bayou	Shelby
Population	1,714 → 1,526 (-11.0%)	1,688 → 1,709 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$21,622 → $23,194 (+7.3%)	$27,112 → $27,728 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $63,100 (-23.0%)	$64,100 → $82,400 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$465 → $532 (+14.4%)	$481 → $613 (+27.4%)

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

Shelby

Population

1,6881,709

Median household income

$27,112$27,728

Median home value

$64,100$82,400

Median gross rent

$481$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mound Bayou	Shelby
Under 5	5.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	21.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	12.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	17.4%	17.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.5%
75 and over	6.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mound Bayou	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	1.5%
Black or African American	99.1%	98.5%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mound Bayou	Shelby
No high school diploma	12.5%	25.0%
High school graduate	19.4%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mound Bayou	Shelby
Drove alone	92.6%	87.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	12.6%
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	Shelby
1-unit, detached	67.7%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.6%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	11.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Mound Bayou	Shelby
Poverty rate	44.5%	58.5%
Average household size	2.55	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	18	36
Median year structure built	1978	1973