Coahoma vs Jonestown

A side-by-side comparison of Coahoma and Jonestown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jonestown has the higher population (941 vs 205 in Coahoma). Coahoma has the higher median household income ($24,297 vs $20,900 in Jonestown). Coahoma has the higher median home value ($60,700 vs $60,300 in Jonestown).

Population, income & housing

	Coahoma	Jonestown
Population	205	941
Median age	46.1 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$24,297	$20,900
Median home value	$60,700	$60,300
Median gross rent	$419	$261
Housing units	129	436
Homeownership rate	56.2%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	27.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coahoma	Jonestown
Population	322 → 205 (-36.3%)	1,047 → 941 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$16,667 → $24,297 (+45.8%)	$17,016 → $20,900 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$31,700 → $60,700 (+91.5%)	$42,100 → $60,300 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $419 (-1.4%)	$388 → $261 (-32.7%)

Coahoma

Population

322205

Median household income

$16,667$24,297

Median home value

$31,700$60,700

Median gross rent

$425$419

Jonestown

Population

1,047941

Median household income

$17,016$20,900

Median home value

$42,100$60,300

Median gross rent

$388$261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coahoma	Jonestown
Under 5	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	24.9%	24.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.8%
25 to 34	3.4%	5.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	18.1%
45 to 54	16.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	24.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.5%
75 and over	0.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coahoma	Jonestown
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	99.0%	100.0%
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	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coahoma	Jonestown
No high school diploma	30.8%	16.6%
High school graduate	20.3%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coahoma	Jonestown
Drove alone	82.9%	86.2%
Carpooled	2.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coahoma	Jonestown
1-unit, detached	67.4%	40.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.7%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	38.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Coahoma	Jonestown
Poverty rate	42.4%	60.9%
Average household size	1.95	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1990	1986