Biloxi vs Long Beach

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

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

Biloxi has the higher population (49,011 vs 16,876 in Long Beach). Long Beach has the higher median household income ($71,121 vs $55,958 in Biloxi). Long Beach has the higher median home value ($205,300 vs $203,200 in Biloxi).

Population, income & housing

	Biloxi	Long Beach
Population	49,011	16,876
Median age	36.7 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,958	$71,121
Median home value	$203,200	$205,300
Median gross rent	$1,051	$1,209
Housing units	23,161	7,614
Homeownership rate	48.6%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biloxi	Long Beach
Population	45,906 → 49,011 (+6.8%)	15,698 → 16,876 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$48,137 → $55,958 (+16.2%)	$53,951 → $71,121 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$161,700 → $203,200 (+25.7%)	$151,400 → $205,300 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$864 → $1,051 (+21.6%)	$965 → $1,209 (+25.3%)

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

Long Beach

Population

15,69816,876

Median household income

$53,951$71,121

Median home value

$151,400$205,300

Median gross rent

$965$1,209

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biloxi	Long Beach
Under 5	6.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	15.6%
75 and over	5.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biloxi	Long Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	79.7%
Black or African American	19.7%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biloxi	Long Beach
No high school diploma	12.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	24.7%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biloxi	Long Beach
Drove alone	73.6%	83.6%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	8.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	6.8%
Other means	2.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biloxi	Long Beach
1-unit, detached	52.4%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	12.6%
20 or more units	14.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Biloxi	Long Beach
Poverty rate	15.7%	7.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1990	1984