Slate Springs vs Vardaman

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

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

Vardaman has the higher population (1,004 vs 87 in Slate Springs). Slate Springs has the higher median household income ($88,077 vs $36,000 in Vardaman). Since 2019, Slate Springs's population has grown faster (-17.9% vs -29.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Slate Springs	Vardaman
Population	87	1,004
Median age	28.1 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,077	$36,000
Median home value	—	$55,000
Median gross rent	—	$569
Housing units	48	426
Homeownership rate	57.9%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Slate Springs	Vardaman
Population	106 → 87 (-17.9%)	1,420 → 1,004 (-29.3%)
Median household income	$71,667 → $88,077 (+22.9%)	$32,667 → $36,000 (+10.2%)
Median home value	—	$59,400 → $55,000 (-7.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$651 → $569 (-12.6%)

Slate Springs

Population

10687

Median household income

$71,667$88,077

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)

	Slate Springs	Vardaman
Under 5	6.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	26.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	34.5%	18.3%
35 to 44	3.4%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.6%	4.9%
55 to 64	4.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	7.2%
75 and over	6.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Slate Springs	Vardaman
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	40.9%
Black or African American	2.3%	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	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	36.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Slate Springs	Vardaman
No high school diploma	16.9%	34.6%
High school graduate	26.2%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Slate Springs	Vardaman
Drove alone	92.5%	71.5%
Carpooled	3.8%	22.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Slate Springs	Vardaman
1-unit, detached	83.3%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	27.2%

Poverty & households

	Slate Springs	Vardaman
Poverty rate	9.2%	31.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	35	22
Median year structure built	1979	1980