De Soto vs Quitman

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

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

Quitman has the higher population (1,949 vs 112 in De Soto). Quitman has the higher median household income ($44,744 vs $35,714 in De Soto). Since 2019, Quitman's population has grown faster (-1.3% vs -57.1%).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Quitman
Population	112	1,949
Median age	32.8 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,714	$44,744
Median home value	—	$123,000
Median gross rent	—	$925
Housing units	129	1,088
Homeownership rate	100.0%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Quitman
Population	261 → 112 (-57.1%)	1,974 → 1,949 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$24,000 → $35,714 (+48.8%)	$47,321 → $44,744 (-5.4%)
Median home value	—	$99,600 → $123,000 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$723 → $925 (+27.9%)

De Soto

Population

261112

Median household income

$24,000$35,714

Quitman

Population

1,9741,949

Median household income

$47,321$44,744

Median home value

$99,600$123,000

Median gross rent

$723$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto	Quitman
Under 5	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	22.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	29.5%	17.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.2%
55 to 64	18.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	15.8%
75 and over	20.5%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Quitman
White (non-Hispanic)	61.6%	48.3%
Black or African American	38.4%	43.4%
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	0.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Quitman
No high school diploma	11.5%	9.1%
High school graduate	17.2%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	57.5%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Quitman
Drove alone	100.0%	66.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Quitman
1-unit, detached	86.8%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Quitman
Poverty rate	37.6%	21.1%
Average household size	2.10	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1984	1974