Coahoma vs Rena Lara

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

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

Coahoma has the higher population (205 vs 106 in Rena Lara). Rena Lara has the higher median household income ($80,417 vs $24,297 in Coahoma). Rena Lara has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $60,700 in Coahoma).

Population, income & housing

	Coahoma	Rena Lara
Population	205	106
Median age	46.1 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$24,297	$80,417
Median home value	$60,700	$92,500
Median gross rent	$419	—
Housing units	129	51
Homeownership rate	56.2%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coahoma	Rena Lara
Population	322 → 205 (-36.3%)	181 → 106 (-41.4%)
Median household income	$16,667 → $24,297 (+45.8%)	$66,023 → $80,417 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$31,700 → $60,700 (+91.5%)	$67,000 → $92,500 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $419 (-1.4%)	—

Coahoma

Population

322205

Median household income

$16,667$24,297

Median home value

$31,700$60,700

Median gross rent

$425$419

Rena Lara

Population

181106

Median household income

$66,023$80,417

Median home value

$67,000$92,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coahoma	Rena Lara
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.9%	11.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.4%	25.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	18.9%
45 to 54	16.1%	29.2%
55 to 64	24.4%	1.9%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.5%
75 and over	0.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coahoma	Rena Lara
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	99.0%	0.0%
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%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coahoma	Rena Lara
No high school diploma	30.8%	5.3%
High school graduate	20.3%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	11.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	44.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coahoma	Rena Lara
Drove alone	82.9%	96.7%
Carpooled	2.6%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coahoma	Rena Lara
1-unit, detached	67.4%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Coahoma	Rena Lara
Poverty rate	42.4%	6.6%
Average household size	1.95	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1990	1975