Big Creek vs Slate Springs

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

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

Big Creek has the higher population (119 vs 87 in Slate Springs). Slate Springs has the higher median household income ($88,077 vs $41,250 in Big Creek). Since 2019, Slate Springs's population has grown faster (-17.9% vs -59.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Creek	Slate Springs
Population	119	87
Median age	47.8 yrs	28.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$88,077
Median home value	$79,400	—
Housing units	82	48
Homeownership rate	78.7%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Creek	Slate Springs
Population	296 → 119 (-59.8%)	106 → 87 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$46,042 → $41,250 (-10.4%)	$71,667 → $88,077 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$57,800 → $79,400 (+37.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,018 → $840 (-17.5%)	—

Big Creek

Population

296119

Median household income

$46,042$41,250

Median home value

$57,800$79,400

Median gross rent

$1,018$840

Slate Springs

Population

10687

Median household income

$71,667$88,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Creek	Slate Springs
Under 5	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	7.6%	11.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	5.0%	34.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	3.4%
45 to 54	28.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	16.8%	4.6%
65 to 74	14.3%	12.6%
75 and over	5.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Creek	Slate Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	97.7%
Black or African American	45.4%	2.3%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Creek	Slate Springs
No high school diploma	17.7%	16.9%
High school graduate	52.1%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Creek	Slate Springs
Drove alone	100.0%	92.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Creek	Slate Springs
1-unit, detached	90.2%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Big Creek	Slate Springs
Poverty rate	22.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1973	1979