Lynchburg vs Southaven

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

Lynchburg 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 1,894 in Lynchburg). Lynchburg has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $76,159 in Southaven). Southaven has the higher median home value ($214,800 vs $201,500 in Lynchburg).

Population, income & housing

	Lynchburg	Southaven
Population	1,894	55,531
Median age	46.3 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,750	$76,159
Median home value	$201,500	$214,800
Median gross rent	$2,033	$1,361
Housing units	837	22,473
Homeownership rate	89.4%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynchburg	Southaven
Population	2,533 → 1,894 (-25.2%)	54,152 → 55,531 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$67,875 → $93,750 (+38.1%)	$61,026 → $76,159 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$141,500 → $201,500 (+42.4%)	$153,200 → $214,800 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $2,033 (+132.1%)	$1,056 → $1,361 (+28.9%)

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

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)

	Lynchburg	Southaven
Under 5	2.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	10.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	19.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	18.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.9%
75 and over	8.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynchburg	Southaven
White (non-Hispanic)	45.9%	52.3%
Black or African American	39.0%	38.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	9.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynchburg	Southaven
No high school diploma	12.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	23.7%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynchburg	Southaven
Drove alone	95.7%	78.6%
Carpooled	3.4%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynchburg	Southaven
1-unit, detached	94.0%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Lynchburg	Southaven
Poverty rate	0.8%	12.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1997	1997