Bruce vs Pittsboro

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

Bruce and Pittsboro 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 337 in Pittsboro). Pittsboro has the higher median home value ($85,600 vs $76,100 in Bruce). Since 2019, Pittsboro's population has grown faster (+61.2% vs -4.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bruce	Pittsboro
Population	1,445	337
Median age	37.7 yrs	27.1 yrs
Median household income	$32,772	—
Median home value	$76,100	$85,600
Median gross rent	$647	—
Housing units	946	158
Homeownership rate	44.2%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bruce	Pittsboro
Population	1,506 → 1,445 (-4.1%)	209 → 337 (+61.2%)
Median household income	$38,000 → $32,772 (-13.8%)	$51,250 → $36,922 (-28.0%)
Median home value	$59,200 → $76,100 (+28.5%)	$71,900 → $85,600 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$459 → $647 (+41.0%)	$845 → $846 (+0.1%)

Bruce

Population

1,5061,445

Median household income

$38,000$32,772

Median home value

$59,200$76,100

Median gross rent

$459$647

Pittsboro

Population

209337

Median household income

$51,250$36,922

Median home value

$71,900$85,600

Median gross rent

$845$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bruce	Pittsboro
Under 5	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	22.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	27.3%
25 to 34	18.5%	4.7%
35 to 44	8.4%	26.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	3.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	8.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	5.9%
75 and over	10.6%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bruce	Pittsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	45.5%	54.0%
Black or African American	51.9%	24.6%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bruce	Pittsboro
No high school diploma	13.7%	14.6%
High school graduate	29.2%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bruce	Pittsboro
Drove alone	87.5%	58.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	41.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bruce	Pittsboro
1-unit, detached	72.0%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Bruce	Pittsboro
Poverty rate	27.3%	1.0%
Average household size	1.92	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1973	1984