Gulfport vs Long Beach

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

Gulfport and Long Beach 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 16,876 in Long Beach). Long Beach has the higher median household income ($71,121 vs $46,044 in Gulfport). Long Beach has the higher median home value ($205,300 vs $167,100 in Gulfport).

Population, income & housing

	Gulfport	Long Beach
Population	72,533	16,876
Median age	36.7 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,044	$71,121
Median home value	$167,100	$205,300
Median gross rent	$1,030	$1,209
Housing units	33,175	7,614
Homeownership rate	53.1%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulfport	Long Beach
Population	71,676 → 72,533 (+1.2%)	15,698 → 16,876 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$39,171 → $46,044 (+17.5%)	$53,951 → $71,121 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$122,300 → $167,100 (+36.6%)	$151,400 → $205,300 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,030 (+19.8%)	$965 → $1,209 (+25.3%)

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

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)

	Gulfport	Long Beach
Under 5	6.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	15.6%
75 and over	6.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulfport	Long Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	79.7%
Black or African American	37.8%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulfport	Long Beach
No high school diploma	12.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	31.9%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulfport	Long Beach
Drove alone	80.4%	83.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	7.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	6.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gulfport	Long Beach
1-unit, detached	63.3%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	12.6%
20 or more units	7.3%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Gulfport	Long Beach
Poverty rate	24.3%	7.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1986	1984