De Soto vs Stonewall

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

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

Stonewall has the higher population (1,058 vs 112 in De Soto). De Soto has the higher median household income ($35,714 vs $27,981 in Stonewall). Since 2019, Stonewall's population has grown faster (+13.4% vs -57.1%).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Stonewall
Population	112	1,058
Median age	32.8 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,714	$27,981
Median home value	—	$60,000
Median gross rent	—	$783
Housing units	129	507
Homeownership rate	100.0%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Stonewall
Population	261 → 112 (-57.1%)	933 → 1,058 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$24,000 → $35,714 (+48.8%)	$30,521 → $27,981 (-8.3%)
Median home value	—	$74,600 → $60,000 (-19.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$571 → $783 (+37.1%)

De Soto

Population

261112

Median household income

$24,000$35,714

Stonewall

Population

9331,058

Median household income

$30,521$27,981

Median home value

$74,600$60,000

Median gross rent

$571$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto	Stonewall
Under 5	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	22.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	29.5%	6.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	18.8%	20.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.2%
75 and over	20.5%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Stonewall
White (non-Hispanic)	61.6%	74.3%
Black or African American	38.4%	21.3%
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	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Stonewall
No high school diploma	11.5%	11.0%
High school graduate	17.2%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	57.5%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Stonewall
Drove alone	100.0%	76.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Stonewall
1-unit, detached	86.8%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Stonewall
Poverty rate	37.6%	23.7%
Average household size	2.10	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1984	1967