Horn Lake vs Southaven

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

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

Southaven has the higher population (55,531 vs 26,622 in Horn Lake). Southaven has the higher median household income ($76,159 vs $56,847 in Horn Lake). Southaven has the higher median home value ($214,800 vs $158,900 in Horn Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Horn Lake	Southaven
Population	26,622	55,531
Median age	34.8 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,847	$76,159
Median home value	$158,900	$214,800
Median gross rent	$1,293	$1,361
Housing units	10,829	22,473
Homeownership rate	59.3%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horn Lake	Southaven
Population	27,080 → 26,622 (-1.7%)	54,152 → 55,531 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$48,622 → $56,847 (+16.9%)	$61,026 → $76,159 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$106,400 → $158,900 (+49.3%)	$153,200 → $214,800 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $1,293 (+25.2%)	$1,056 → $1,361 (+28.9%)

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

Southaven

Population

54,15255,531

Median household income

$61,026$76,159

Median home value

$153,200$214,800

Median gross rent

$1,056$1,361

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Horn Lake	Southaven
Under 5	5.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	20.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	11.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	6.4%	7.9%
75 and over	4.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horn Lake	Southaven
White (non-Hispanic)	42.0%	52.3%
Black or African American	44.5%	38.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horn Lake	Southaven
No high school diploma	14.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	37.0%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horn Lake	Southaven
Drove alone	87.0%	78.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	8.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horn Lake	Southaven
1-unit, detached	76.7%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	8.3%
20 or more units	3.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Horn Lake	Southaven
Poverty rate	18.7%	12.3%
Average household size	2.68	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1990	1997