Bruce vs Slate Springs

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

Bruce and Slate Springs 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 87 in Slate Springs). Slate Springs has the higher median household income ($88,077 vs $32,772 in Bruce). Since 2019, Bruce's population has grown faster (-4.1% vs -17.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bruce	Slate Springs
Population	1,445	87
Median age	37.7 yrs	28.1 yrs
Median household income	$32,772	$88,077
Median home value	$76,100	—
Median gross rent	$647	—
Housing units	946	48
Homeownership rate	44.2%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bruce	Slate Springs
Population	1,506 → 1,445 (-4.1%)	106 → 87 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$38,000 → $32,772 (-13.8%)	$71,667 → $88,077 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$59,200 → $76,100 (+28.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$459 → $647 (+41.0%)	—

Bruce

Population

1,5061,445

Median household income

$38,000$32,772

Median home value

$59,200$76,100

Median gross rent

$459$647

Slate Springs

Population

10687

Median household income

$71,667$88,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bruce	Slate Springs
Under 5	7.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	11.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	18.5%	34.5%
35 to 44	8.4%	3.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	4.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	12.6%
75 and over	10.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bruce	Slate Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	45.5%	97.7%
Black or African American	51.9%	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	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bruce	Slate Springs
No high school diploma	13.7%	16.9%
High school graduate	29.2%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bruce	Slate Springs
Drove alone	87.5%	92.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bruce	Slate Springs
1-unit, detached	72.0%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Bruce	Slate Springs
Poverty rate	27.3%	9.2%
Average household size	1.92	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1973	1979