Petal vs Rawls Springs

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

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

Petal has the higher population (11,195 vs 1,554 in Rawls Springs). Petal has the higher median household income ($72,845 vs $49,573 in Rawls Springs). Petal has the higher median home value ($161,400 vs $101,200 in Rawls Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Petal	Rawls Springs
Population	11,195	1,554
Median age	37.2 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,845	$49,573
Median home value	$161,400	$101,200
Median gross rent	$958	$1,084
Housing units	4,282	648
Homeownership rate	72.3%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Petal	Rawls Springs
Population	10,584 → 11,195 (+5.8%)	1,047 → 1,554 (+48.4%)
Median household income	$55,946 → $72,845 (+30.2%)	$62,875 → $49,573 (-21.2%)
Median home value	$141,600 → $161,400 (+14.0%)	$104,400 → $101,200 (-3.1%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $958 (+8.4%)	$873 → $1,084 (+24.2%)

Petal

Population

10,58411,195

Median household income

$55,946$72,845

Median home value

$141,600$161,400

Median gross rent

$884$958

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)

	Petal	Rawls Springs
Under 5	6.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	11.3%
18 to 24	11.2%	13.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	22.8%
55 to 64	10.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.4%
75 and over	7.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Petal	Rawls Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	33.4%
Black or African American	16.6%	58.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Petal	Rawls Springs
No high school diploma	10.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	27.3%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Petal	Rawls Springs
Drove alone	83.7%	78.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	0.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	3.4%
Other means	1.7%	17.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Petal	Rawls Springs
1-unit, detached	84.8%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Petal	Rawls Springs
Poverty rate	13.3%	13.4%
Average household size	2.94	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1975	1982