Hattiesburg vs Rawls Springs

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

Hattiesburg and Rawls Springs 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 1,554 in Rawls Springs). Rawls Springs has the higher median household income ($49,573 vs $44,140 in Hattiesburg). Hattiesburg has the higher median home value ($153,600 vs $101,200 in Rawls Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Hattiesburg	Rawls Springs
Population	48,507	1,554
Median age	28.7 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,140	$49,573
Median home value	$153,600	$101,200
Median gross rent	$995	$1,084
Housing units	22,941	648
Homeownership rate	36.5%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hattiesburg	Rawls Springs
Population	46,098 → 48,507 (+5.2%)	1,047 → 1,554 (+48.4%)
Median household income	$34,735 → $44,140 (+27.1%)	$62,875 → $49,573 (-21.2%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $153,600 (+35.7%)	$104,400 → $101,200 (-3.1%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $995 (+25.8%)	$873 → $1,084 (+24.2%)

Hattiesburg

Population

46,09848,507

Median household income

$34,735$44,140

Median home value

$113,200$153,600

Median gross rent

$791$995

Rawls Springs

Population

1,0471,554

Median household income

$62,875$49,573

Median home value

$104,400$101,200

Median gross rent

$873$1,084

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hattiesburg	Rawls Springs
Under 5	6.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	11.3%
18 to 24	22.3%	13.1%
25 to 34	18.2%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	22.8%
55 to 64	9.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.4%
75 and over	5.7%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hattiesburg	Rawls Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	38.8%	33.4%
Black or African American	51.1%	58.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hattiesburg	Rawls Springs
No high school diploma	9.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	24.1%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hattiesburg	Rawls Springs
Drove alone	80.2%	78.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	0.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	3.4%
Other means	3.7%	17.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hattiesburg	Rawls Springs
1-unit, detached	50.1%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Hattiesburg	Rawls Springs
Poverty rate	30.4%	13.4%
Average household size	2.20	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	17	33
Median year structure built	1980	1982