Beauregard vs Wesson

A side-by-side comparison of Beauregard and Wesson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wesson has the higher population (2,346 vs 467 in Beauregard). Beauregard has the higher median household income ($52,750 vs $50,987 in Wesson). Wesson has the higher median home value ($111,700 vs $91,700 in Beauregard).

Population, income & housing

	Beauregard	Wesson
Population	467	2,346
Median age	35.5 yrs	20.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,750	$50,987
Median home value	$91,700	$111,700
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,084
Housing units	141	629
Homeownership rate	65.4%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beauregard	Wesson
Population	488 → 467 (-4.3%)	2,204 → 2,346 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $52,750 (+36.1%)	$51,932 → $50,987 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$74,100 → $91,700 (+23.8%)	$136,500 → $111,700 (-18.2%)
Median gross rent	$948 → $1,071 (+13.0%)	$856 → $1,084 (+26.6%)

Beauregard

Population

488467

Median household income

$38,750$52,750

Median home value

$74,100$91,700

Median gross rent

$948$1,071

Wesson

Population

2,2042,346

Median household income

$51,932$50,987

Median home value

$136,500$111,700

Median gross rent

$856$1,084

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beauregard	Wesson
Under 5	4.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	18.2%
18 to 24	11.6%	32.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	18.2%	3.6%
45 to 54	17.1%	8.0%
55 to 64	5.1%	8.1%
65 to 74	1.5%	6.7%
75 and over	9.2%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beauregard	Wesson
White (non-Hispanic)	36.0%	68.3%
Black or African American	36.8%	25.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beauregard	Wesson
No high school diploma	23.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	26.3%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beauregard	Wesson
Drove alone	92.0%	78.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.9%
Other means	2.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beauregard	Wesson
1-unit, detached	61.7%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	37.6%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Beauregard	Wesson
Poverty rate	23.3%	26.9%
Average household size	3.68	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1993	1977