Bruce vs Calhoun City

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

Bruce 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 1,445 in Bruce). Calhoun City has the higher median household income ($45,439 vs $32,772 in Bruce). Calhoun City has the higher median home value ($85,600 vs $76,100 in Bruce).

Population, income & housing

	Bruce	Calhoun City
Population	1,445	1,804
Median age	37.7 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,772	$45,439
Median home value	$76,100	$85,600
Median gross rent	$647	$582
Housing units	946	847
Homeownership rate	44.2%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bruce	Calhoun City
Population	1,506 → 1,445 (-4.1%)	1,862 → 1,804 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$38,000 → $32,772 (-13.8%)	$33,783 → $45,439 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$59,200 → $76,100 (+28.5%)	$69,900 → $85,600 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$459 → $647 (+41.0%)	$540 → $582 (+7.8%)

Bruce

Population

1,5061,445

Median household income

$38,000$32,772

Median home value

$59,200$76,100

Median gross rent

$459$647

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)

	Bruce	Calhoun City
Under 5	7.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	4.9%
25 to 34	18.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	8.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	13.4%
75 and over	10.6%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bruce	Calhoun City
White (non-Hispanic)	45.5%	64.4%
Black or African American	51.9%	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	2.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bruce	Calhoun City
No high school diploma	13.7%	20.9%
High school graduate	29.2%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bruce	Calhoun City
Drove alone	87.5%	90.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	0.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bruce	Calhoun City
1-unit, detached	72.0%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Bruce	Calhoun City
Poverty rate	27.3%	14.8%
Average household size	1.92	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1973	1973