Big Creek vs Derma

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

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

Derma has the higher population (855 vs 119 in Big Creek). Derma has the higher median household income ($52,879 vs $41,250 in Big Creek). Big Creek has the higher median home value ($79,400 vs $78,900 in Derma).

Population, income & housing

	Big Creek	Derma
Population	119	855
Median age	47.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$52,879
Median home value	$79,400	$78,900
Median gross rent	—	$721
Housing units	82	363
Homeownership rate	78.7%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Creek	Derma
Population	296 → 119 (-59.8%)	1,130 → 855 (-24.3%)
Median household income	$46,042 → $41,250 (-10.4%)	$29,180 → $52,879 (+81.2%)
Median home value	$57,800 → $79,400 (+37.4%)	$55,200 → $78,900 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,018 → $840 (-17.5%)	$609 → $721 (+18.4%)

Big Creek

Population

296119

Median household income

$46,042$41,250

Median home value

$57,800$79,400

Median gross rent

$1,018$840

Derma

Population

1,130855

Median household income

$29,180$52,879

Median home value

$55,200$78,900

Median gross rent

$609$721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Creek	Derma
Under 5	0.0%	11.7%
5 to 17	7.6%	17.7%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.9%
25 to 34	5.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.8%
45 to 54	28.6%	6.0%
55 to 64	16.8%	17.3%
65 to 74	14.3%	11.9%
75 and over	5.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Creek	Derma
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	27.1%
Black or African American	45.4%	64.3%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Creek	Derma
No high school diploma	17.7%	30.1%
High school graduate	52.1%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Creek	Derma
Drove alone	100.0%	85.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Creek	Derma
1-unit, detached	90.2%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Big Creek	Derma
Poverty rate	22.4%	34.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1973	1980