Gulfport vs Lyman

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

Gulfport and Lyman 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 2,041 in Lyman). Lyman has the higher median household income ($97,500 vs $46,044 in Gulfport). Lyman has the higher median home value ($205,000 vs $167,100 in Gulfport).

Population, income & housing

	Gulfport	Lyman
Population	72,533	2,041
Median age	36.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,044	$97,500
Median home value	$167,100	$205,000
Median gross rent	$1,030	$1,315
Housing units	33,175	785
Homeownership rate	53.1%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulfport	Lyman
Population	71,676 → 72,533 (+1.2%)	2,347 → 2,041 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$39,171 → $46,044 (+17.5%)	$70,250 → $97,500 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$122,300 → $167,100 (+36.6%)	$171,100 → $205,000 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,030 (+19.8%)	$827 → $1,315 (+59.0%)

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

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)

	Gulfport	Lyman
Under 5	6.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	23.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	1.5%
25 to 34	15.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.7%
75 and over	6.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulfport	Lyman
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	58.0%
Black or African American	37.8%	24.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulfport	Lyman
No high school diploma	12.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	31.9%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulfport	Lyman
Drove alone	80.4%	90.4%
Carpooled	9.9%	4.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gulfport	Lyman
1-unit, detached	63.3%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Gulfport	Lyman
Poverty rate	24.3%	18.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1986	2006