Big Creek vs Bruce

A side-by-side comparison of Big Creek and Bruce: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Creek and Bruce are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bruce has the higher population (1,445 vs 119 in Big Creek). Big Creek has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $32,772 in Bruce). Big Creek has the higher median home value ($79,400 vs $76,100 in Bruce).

Population, income & housing

	Big Creek	Bruce
Population	119	1,445
Median age	47.8 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$32,772
Median home value	$79,400	$76,100
Median gross rent	—	$647
Housing units	82	946
Homeownership rate	78.7%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Creek	Bruce
Population	296 → 119 (-59.8%)	1,506 → 1,445 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$46,042 → $41,250 (-10.4%)	$38,000 → $32,772 (-13.8%)
Median home value	$57,800 → $79,400 (+37.4%)	$59,200 → $76,100 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,018 → $840 (-17.5%)	$459 → $647 (+41.0%)

Big Creek

Population

296119

Median household income

$46,042$41,250

Median home value

$57,800$79,400

Median gross rent

$1,018$840

Bruce

Population

1,5061,445

Median household income

$38,000$32,772

Median home value

$59,200$76,100

Median gross rent

$459$647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Creek	Bruce
Under 5	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	7.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	5.0%	18.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.4%
45 to 54	28.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	14.3%	8.4%
75 and over	5.0%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Creek	Bruce
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	45.5%
Black or African American	45.4%	51.9%
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	0.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Creek	Bruce
No high school diploma	17.7%	13.7%
High school graduate	52.1%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Creek	Bruce
Drove alone	100.0%	87.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Creek	Bruce
1-unit, detached	90.2%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Big Creek	Bruce
Poverty rate	22.4%	27.3%
Average household size	2.53	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1973	1973