Lynchburg vs Walls

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

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

Lynchburg has the higher population (1,894 vs 1,392 in Walls). Lynchburg has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $54,375 in Walls). Lynchburg has the higher median home value ($201,500 vs $160,800 in Walls).

Population, income & housing

	Lynchburg	Walls
Population	1,894	1,392
Median age	46.3 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,750	$54,375
Median home value	$201,500	$160,800
Median gross rent	$2,033	$1,129
Housing units	837	620
Homeownership rate	89.4%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynchburg	Walls
Population	2,533 → 1,894 (-25.2%)	1,312 → 1,392 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$67,875 → $93,750 (+38.1%)	$48,990 → $54,375 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$141,500 → $201,500 (+42.4%)	$126,100 → $160,800 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $2,033 (+132.1%)	$883 → $1,129 (+27.9%)

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

Walls

Population

1,3121,392

Median household income

$48,990$54,375

Median home value

$126,100$160,800

Median gross rent

$883$1,129

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lynchburg	Walls
Under 5	2.9%	9.3%
5 to 17	10.5%	19.9%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	16.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	19.2%	22.6%
55 to 64	18.6%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	3.1%
75 and over	8.7%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynchburg	Walls
White (non-Hispanic)	45.9%	35.7%
Black or African American	39.0%	62.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynchburg	Walls
No high school diploma	12.5%	12.9%
High school graduate	23.7%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynchburg	Walls
Drove alone	95.7%	83.7%
Carpooled	3.4%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynchburg	Walls
1-unit, detached	94.0%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	25.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lynchburg	Walls
Poverty rate	0.8%	18.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1997	1998