Derma vs Slate Springs

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

Derma and Slate Springs are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Derma has the higher population (855 vs 87 in Slate Springs). Slate Springs has the higher median household income ($88,077 vs $52,879 in Derma). Since 2019, Slate Springs's population has grown faster (-17.9% vs -24.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Derma	Slate Springs
Population	855	87
Median age	38.0 yrs	28.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,879	$88,077
Median home value	$78,900	—
Median gross rent	$721	—
Housing units	363	48
Homeownership rate	56.1%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derma	Slate Springs
Population	1,130 → 855 (-24.3%)	106 → 87 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$29,180 → $52,879 (+81.2%)	$71,667 → $88,077 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$55,200 → $78,900 (+42.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$609 → $721 (+18.4%)	—

Derma

Population

1,130855

Median household income

$29,180$52,879

Median home value

$55,200$78,900

Median gross rent

$609$721

Slate Springs

Population

10687

Median household income

$71,667$88,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derma	Slate Springs
Under 5	11.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	11.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.1%	34.5%
35 to 44	15.8%	3.4%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	17.3%	4.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	12.6%
75 and over	5.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derma	Slate Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	27.1%	97.7%
Black or African American	64.3%	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	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derma	Slate Springs
No high school diploma	30.1%	16.9%
High school graduate	36.3%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derma	Slate Springs
Drove alone	85.5%	92.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derma	Slate Springs
1-unit, detached	78.5%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Derma	Slate Springs
Poverty rate	34.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1980	1979