Horn Lake vs Lynchburg

A side-by-side comparison of Horn Lake and Lynchburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Horn Lake has the higher population (26,622 vs 1,894 in Lynchburg). Lynchburg has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $56,847 in Horn Lake). Lynchburg has the higher median home value ($201,500 vs $158,900 in Horn Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Horn Lake	Lynchburg
Population	26,622	1,894
Median age	34.8 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,847	$93,750
Median home value	$158,900	$201,500
Median gross rent	$1,293	$2,033
Housing units	10,829	837
Homeownership rate	59.3%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horn Lake	Lynchburg
Population	27,080 → 26,622 (-1.7%)	2,533 → 1,894 (-25.2%)
Median household income	$48,622 → $56,847 (+16.9%)	$67,875 → $93,750 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$106,400 → $158,900 (+49.3%)	$141,500 → $201,500 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $1,293 (+25.2%)	$876 → $2,033 (+132.1%)

Horn Lake

Population

27,08026,622

Median household income

$48,622$56,847

Median home value

$106,400$158,900

Median gross rent

$1,033$1,293

Lynchburg

Population

2,5331,894

Median household income

$67,875$93,750

Median home value

$141,500$201,500

Median gross rent

$876$2,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Horn Lake	Lynchburg
Under 5	5.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	20.4%	10.5%
18 to 24	11.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	15.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	19.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	18.6%
65 to 74	6.4%	8.6%
75 and over	4.6%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horn Lake	Lynchburg
White (non-Hispanic)	42.0%	45.9%
Black or African American	44.5%	39.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horn Lake	Lynchburg
No high school diploma	14.1%	12.5%
High school graduate	37.0%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horn Lake	Lynchburg
Drove alone	87.0%	95.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horn Lake	Lynchburg
1-unit, detached	76.7%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Horn Lake	Lynchburg
Poverty rate	18.7%	0.8%
Average household size	2.68	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1990	1997