Calhoun City vs Vardaman

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

Calhoun City and Vardaman 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 1,004 in Vardaman). Calhoun City has the higher median household income ($45,439 vs $36,000 in Vardaman). Calhoun City has the higher median home value ($85,600 vs $55,000 in Vardaman).

Population, income & housing

	Calhoun City	Vardaman
Population	1,804	1,004
Median age	44.7 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,439	$36,000
Median home value	$85,600	$55,000
Median gross rent	$582	$569
Housing units	847	426
Homeownership rate	68.3%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calhoun City	Vardaman
Population	1,862 → 1,804 (-3.1%)	1,420 → 1,004 (-29.3%)
Median household income	$33,783 → $45,439 (+34.5%)	$32,667 → $36,000 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$69,900 → $85,600 (+22.5%)	$59,400 → $55,000 (-7.4%)
Median gross rent	$540 → $582 (+7.8%)	$651 → $569 (-12.6%)

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

Vardaman

Population

1,4201,004

Median household income

$32,667$36,000

Median home value

$59,400$55,000

Median gross rent

$651$569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calhoun City	Vardaman
Under 5	6.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	26.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	18.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	8.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	4.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	13.4%	7.2%
75 and over	11.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calhoun City	Vardaman
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	40.9%
Black or African American	34.5%	19.5%
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%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	36.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calhoun City	Vardaman
No high school diploma	20.9%	34.6%
High school graduate	31.1%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calhoun City	Vardaman
Drove alone	90.6%	71.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	22.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.1%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calhoun City	Vardaman
1-unit, detached	81.6%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	27.2%

Poverty & households

	Calhoun City	Vardaman
Poverty rate	14.8%	31.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1973	1980