Glendale vs Hattiesburg

A side-by-side comparison of Glendale and Hattiesburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hattiesburg has the higher population (48,507 vs 1,519 in Glendale). Glendale has the higher median household income ($55,438 vs $44,140 in Hattiesburg). Hattiesburg has the higher median home value ($153,600 vs $113,700 in Glendale).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Hattiesburg
Population	1,519	48,507
Median age	47.6 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,438	$44,140
Median home value	$113,700	$153,600
Median gross rent	$863	$995
Housing units	765	22,941
Homeownership rate	67.3%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Hattiesburg
Population	2,155 → 1,519 (-29.5%)	46,098 → 48,507 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$23,145 → $55,438 (+139.5%)	$34,735 → $44,140 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$73,400 → $113,700 (+54.9%)	$113,200 → $153,600 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$924 → $863 (-6.6%)	$791 → $995 (+25.8%)

Glendale

Population

2,1551,519

Median household income

$23,145$55,438

Median home value

$73,400$113,700

Median gross rent

$924$863

Hattiesburg

Population

46,09848,507

Median household income

$34,735$44,140

Median home value

$113,200$153,600

Median gross rent

$791$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendale	Hattiesburg
Under 5	8.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	11.0%	22.3%
25 to 34	11.7%	18.2%
35 to 44	4.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	18.0%	8.0%
55 to 64	19.8%	9.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	6.6%
75 and over	3.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Hattiesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	38.8%
Black or African American	49.6%	51.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Hattiesburg
No high school diploma	19.5%	9.4%
High school graduate	40.0%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Hattiesburg
Drove alone	71.9%	80.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	4.5%
Other means	13.3%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Hattiesburg
1-unit, detached	61.3%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	20.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	30.5%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Hattiesburg
Poverty rate	17.4%	30.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1982	1980