Big Creek vs Calhoun City

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

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

Calhoun City has the higher population (1,804 vs 119 in Big Creek). Calhoun City has the higher median household income ($45,439 vs $41,250 in Big Creek). Calhoun City has the higher median home value ($85,600 vs $79,400 in Big Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Big Creek	Calhoun City
Population	119	1,804
Median age	47.8 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$45,439
Median home value	$79,400	$85,600
Median gross rent	—	$582
Housing units	82	847
Homeownership rate	78.7%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Creek	Calhoun City
Population	296 → 119 (-59.8%)	1,862 → 1,804 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$46,042 → $41,250 (-10.4%)	$33,783 → $45,439 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$57,800 → $79,400 (+37.4%)	$69,900 → $85,600 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,018 → $840 (-17.5%)	$540 → $582 (+7.8%)

Big Creek

Population

296119

Median household income

$46,042$41,250

Median home value

$57,800$79,400

Median gross rent

$1,018$840

Calhoun City

Population

1,8621,804

Median household income

$33,783$45,439

Median home value

$69,900$85,600

Median gross rent

$540$582

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Creek	Calhoun City
Under 5	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	7.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.9%
25 to 34	5.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	28.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	16.8%	10.8%
65 to 74	14.3%	13.4%
75 and over	5.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Creek	Calhoun City
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	64.4%
Black or African American	45.4%	34.5%
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	0.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Creek	Calhoun City
No high school diploma	17.7%	20.9%
High school graduate	52.1%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Creek	Calhoun City
Drove alone	100.0%	90.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Creek	Calhoun City
1-unit, detached	90.2%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Big Creek	Calhoun City
Poverty rate	22.4%	14.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1973	1973