Calhoun City vs Derma

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

Calhoun City and Derma 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 855 in Derma). Derma has the higher median household income ($52,879 vs $45,439 in Calhoun City). Calhoun City has the higher median home value ($85,600 vs $78,900 in Derma).

Population, income & housing

	Calhoun City	Derma
Population	1,804	855
Median age	44.7 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$45,439	$52,879
Median home value	$85,600	$78,900
Median gross rent	$582	$721
Housing units	847	363
Homeownership rate	68.3%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calhoun City	Derma
Population	1,862 → 1,804 (-3.1%)	1,130 → 855 (-24.3%)
Median household income	$33,783 → $45,439 (+34.5%)	$29,180 → $52,879 (+81.2%)
Median home value	$69,900 → $85,600 (+22.5%)	$55,200 → $78,900 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$540 → $582 (+7.8%)	$609 → $721 (+18.4%)

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

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)

	Calhoun City	Derma
Under 5	6.4%	11.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	6.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	17.3%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.9%
75 and over	11.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calhoun City	Derma
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	27.1%
Black or African American	34.5%	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	0.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calhoun City	Derma
No high school diploma	20.9%	30.1%
High school graduate	31.1%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calhoun City	Derma
Drove alone	90.6%	85.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.1%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calhoun City	Derma
1-unit, detached	81.6%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Calhoun City	Derma
Poverty rate	14.8%	34.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1973	1980