Kiln vs Pearlington

A side-by-side comparison of Kiln and Pearlington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kiln has the higher population (2,454 vs 989 in Pearlington). Kiln has the higher median household income ($70,708 vs $51,719 in Pearlington). Kiln has the higher median home value ($150,500 vs $108,700 in Pearlington).

Population, income & housing

	Kiln	Pearlington
Population	2,454	989
Median age	44.6 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,708	$51,719
Median home value	$150,500	$108,700
Median gross rent	$1,430	—
Housing units	1,140	577
Homeownership rate	92.6%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kiln	Pearlington
Population	2,319 → 2,454 (+5.8%)	911 → 989 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$48,655 → $70,708 (+45.3%)	$55,313 → $51,719 (-6.5%)
Median home value	$146,400 → $150,500 (+2.8%)	$99,800 → $108,700 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $1,430 (+64.6%)	—

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

Pearlington

Population

911989

Median household income

$55,313$51,719

Median home value

$99,800$108,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kiln	Pearlington
Under 5	4.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	10.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	16.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	4.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	17.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	19.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	15.8%
75 and over	14.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kiln	Pearlington
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	64.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	31.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kiln	Pearlington
No high school diploma	23.8%	33.1%
High school graduate	41.1%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	12.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kiln	Pearlington
Drove alone	67.9%	73.5%
Carpooled	1.2%	21.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.9%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kiln	Pearlington
1-unit, detached	76.1%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Kiln	Pearlington
Poverty rate	18.4%	19.2%
Average household size	2.86	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1994	2004