Bay St. Louis vs Kiln

A side-by-side comparison of Bay St. Louis and Kiln: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay St. Louis and Kiln are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bay St. Louis has the higher population (9,971 vs 2,454 in Kiln). Kiln has the higher median household income ($70,708 vs $70,082 in Bay St. Louis). Bay St. Louis has the higher median home value ($231,900 vs $150,500 in Kiln).

Population, income & housing

	Bay St. Louis	Kiln
Population	9,971	2,454
Median age	52.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,082	$70,708
Median home value	$231,900	$150,500
Median gross rent	$1,138	$1,430
Housing units	5,888	1,140
Homeownership rate	75.6%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay St. Louis	Kiln
Population	13,018 → 9,971 (-23.4%)	2,319 → 2,454 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$39,721 → $70,082 (+76.4%)	$48,655 → $70,708 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$172,600 → $231,900 (+34.4%)	$146,400 → $150,500 (+2.8%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $1,138 (+36.3%)	$869 → $1,430 (+64.6%)

Bay St. Louis

Population

13,0189,971

Median household income

$39,721$70,082

Median home value

$172,600$231,900

Median gross rent

$835$1,138

Kiln

Population

2,3192,454

Median household income

$48,655$70,708

Median home value

$146,400$150,500

Median gross rent

$869$1,430

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay St. Louis	Kiln
Under 5	3.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.6%	10.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	16.2%
25 to 34	8.5%	4.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	19.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	16.8%	11.4%
75 and over	9.1%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay St. Louis	Kiln
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	93.8%
Black or African American	15.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay St. Louis	Kiln
No high school diploma	7.5%	23.8%
High school graduate	24.4%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay St. Louis	Kiln
Drove alone	77.0%	67.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	30.9%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay St. Louis	Kiln
1-unit, detached	80.1%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Bay St. Louis	Kiln
Poverty rate	13.7%	18.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1993	1994