De Soto vs Shubuta

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

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

Shubuta has the higher population (502 vs 112 in De Soto). Shubuta has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $35,714 in De Soto). Since 2019, Shubuta's population has grown faster (+49.0% vs -57.1%).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Shubuta
Population	112	502
Median age	32.8 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,714	$48,750
Median home value	—	$77,100
Median gross rent	—	$639
Housing units	129	198
Homeownership rate	100.0%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Shubuta
Population	261 → 112 (-57.1%)	337 → 502 (+49.0%)
Median household income	$24,000 → $35,714 (+48.8%)	$35,521 → $48,750 (+37.2%)
Median home value	—	$55,600 → $77,100 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$619 → $639 (+3.2%)

De Soto

Population

261112

Median household income

$24,000$35,714

Shubuta

Population

337502

Median household income

$35,521$48,750

Median home value

$55,600$77,100

Median gross rent

$619$639

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto	Shubuta
Under 5	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	22.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.4%
25 to 34	29.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.6%
55 to 64	18.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	17.1%
75 and over	20.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Shubuta
White (non-Hispanic)	61.6%	19.5%
Black or African American	38.4%	80.1%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Shubuta
No high school diploma	11.5%	11.8%
High school graduate	17.2%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	57.5%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Shubuta
Drove alone	100.0%	79.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Shubuta
1-unit, detached	86.8%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Shubuta
Poverty rate	37.6%	5.8%
Average household size	2.10	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	1984	1976