Biloxi vs Lyman

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

Biloxi and Lyman 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 2,041 in Lyman). Lyman has the higher median household income ($97,500 vs $55,958 in Biloxi). Lyman has the higher median home value ($205,000 vs $203,200 in Biloxi).

Population, income & housing

	Biloxi	Lyman
Population	49,011	2,041
Median age	36.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,958	$97,500
Median home value	$203,200	$205,000
Median gross rent	$1,051	$1,315
Housing units	23,161	785
Homeownership rate	48.6%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biloxi	Lyman
Population	45,906 → 49,011 (+6.8%)	2,347 → 2,041 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$48,137 → $55,958 (+16.2%)	$70,250 → $97,500 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$161,700 → $203,200 (+25.7%)	$171,100 → $205,000 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$864 → $1,051 (+21.6%)	$827 → $1,315 (+59.0%)

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

Lyman

Population

2,3472,041

Median household income

$70,250$97,500

Median home value

$171,100$205,000

Median gross rent

$827$1,315

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biloxi	Lyman
Under 5	6.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	23.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	1.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.7%
75 and over	5.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biloxi	Lyman
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	58.0%
Black or African American	19.7%	24.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biloxi	Lyman
No high school diploma	12.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	24.7%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biloxi	Lyman
Drove alone	73.6%	90.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	4.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	8.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	5.6%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biloxi	Lyman
1-unit, detached	52.4%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Biloxi	Lyman
Poverty rate	15.7%	18.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1990	2006