Biloxi vs Gulfport

A side-by-side comparison of Biloxi and Gulfport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gulfport has the higher population (72,533 vs 49,011 in Biloxi). Biloxi has the higher median household income ($55,958 vs $46,044 in Gulfport). Biloxi has the higher median home value ($203,200 vs $167,100 in Gulfport).

Population, income & housing

	Biloxi	Gulfport
Population	49,011	72,533
Median age	36.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,958	$46,044
Median home value	$203,200	$167,100
Median gross rent	$1,051	$1,030
Housing units	23,161	33,175
Homeownership rate	48.6%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biloxi	Gulfport
Population	45,906 → 49,011 (+6.8%)	71,676 → 72,533 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$48,137 → $55,958 (+16.2%)	$39,171 → $46,044 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$161,700 → $203,200 (+25.7%)	$122,300 → $167,100 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$864 → $1,051 (+21.6%)	$860 → $1,030 (+19.8%)

Biloxi

Population

45,90649,011

Median household income

$48,137$55,958

Median home value

$161,700$203,200

Median gross rent

$864$1,051

Gulfport

Population

71,67672,533

Median household income

$39,171$46,044

Median home value

$122,300$167,100

Median gross rent

$860$1,030

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biloxi	Gulfport
Under 5	6.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.1%
75 and over	5.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biloxi	Gulfport
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	48.7%
Black or African American	19.7%	37.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.8%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biloxi	Gulfport
No high school diploma	12.3%	12.3%
High school graduate	24.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biloxi	Gulfport
Drove alone	73.6%	80.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	9.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	8.7%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.8%	5.2%
Other means	2.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biloxi	Gulfport
1-unit, detached	52.4%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	12.0%
20 or more units	14.0%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Biloxi	Gulfport
Poverty rate	15.7%	24.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1990	1986