Lula vs Rena Lara

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

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

Lula has the higher population (218 vs 106 in Rena Lara). Rena Lara has the higher median household income ($80,417 vs $38,333 in Lula). Rena Lara has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $63,300 in Lula).

Population, income & housing

	Lula	Rena Lara
Population	218	106
Median age	51.0 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$38,333	$80,417
Median home value	$63,300	$92,500
Median gross rent	$325	—
Housing units	123	51
Homeownership rate	54.3%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lula	Rena Lara
Population	245 → 218 (-11.0%)	181 → 106 (-41.4%)
Median household income	$27,321 → $38,333 (+40.3%)	$66,023 → $80,417 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$47,000 → $63,300 (+34.7%)	$67,000 → $92,500 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$264 → $325 (+23.1%)	—

Lula

Population

245218

Median household income

$27,321$38,333

Median home value

$47,000$63,300

Median gross rent

$264$325

Rena Lara

Population

181106

Median household income

$66,023$80,417

Median home value

$67,000$92,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lula	Rena Lara
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	11.3%
18 to 24	0.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	25.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	18.9%
45 to 54	19.7%	29.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	1.9%
65 to 74	17.9%	8.5%
75 and over	6.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lula	Rena Lara
White (non-Hispanic)	10.6%	93.4%
Black or African American	89.4%	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	0.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lula	Rena Lara
No high school diploma	30.8%	5.3%
High school graduate	39.6%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	11.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	44.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lula	Rena Lara
Drove alone	87.4%	96.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lula	Rena Lara
1-unit, detached	76.4%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Lula	Rena Lara
Poverty rate	28.0%	6.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1978	1975