De Soto vs Enterprise

A side-by-side comparison of De Soto and Enterprise: population, income, housing, and more.

De Soto and Enterprise are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Enterprise has the higher population (478 vs 112 in De Soto). Enterprise has the higher median household income ($62,344 vs $35,714 in De Soto). Since 2019, Enterprise's population has grown faster (-22.3% vs -57.1%).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Enterprise
Population	112	478
Median age	32.8 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,714	$62,344
Median home value	—	$105,200
Median gross rent	—	$944
Housing units	129	213
Homeownership rate	100.0%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Enterprise
Population	261 → 112 (-57.1%)	615 → 478 (-22.3%)
Median household income	$24,000 → $35,714 (+48.8%)	$55,000 → $62,344 (+13.4%)
Median home value	—	$119,600 → $105,200 (-12.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$720 → $944 (+31.1%)

De Soto

Population

261112

Median household income

$24,000$35,714

Enterprise

Population

615478

Median household income

$55,000$62,344

Median home value

$119,600$105,200

Median gross rent

$720$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto	Enterprise
Under 5	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	22.3%	23.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	29.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	20.5%
55 to 64	18.8%	7.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.9%
75 and over	20.5%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Enterprise
White (non-Hispanic)	61.6%	63.8%
Black or African American	38.4%	24.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Enterprise
No high school diploma	11.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	17.2%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	57.5%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Enterprise
Drove alone	100.0%	85.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Enterprise
1-unit, detached	86.8%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Enterprise
Poverty rate	37.6%	9.0%
Average household size	2.10	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1984	1976