Gulfport vs Pass Christian

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

Gulfport and Pass Christian 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 5,942 in Pass Christian). Pass Christian has the higher median household income ($74,302 vs $46,044 in Gulfport). Pass Christian has the higher median home value ($257,300 vs $167,100 in Gulfport).

Population, income & housing

	Gulfport	Pass Christian
Population	72,533	5,942
Median age	36.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,044	$74,302
Median home value	$167,100	$257,300
Median gross rent	$1,030	$1,092
Housing units	33,175	3,163
Homeownership rate	53.1%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulfport	Pass Christian
Population	71,676 → 72,533 (+1.2%)	5,877 → 5,942 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$39,171 → $46,044 (+17.5%)	$47,599 → $74,302 (+56.1%)
Median home value	$122,300 → $167,100 (+36.6%)	$183,700 → $257,300 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,030 (+19.8%)	$882 → $1,092 (+23.8%)

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

Pass Christian

Population

5,8775,942

Median household income

$47,599$74,302

Median home value

$183,700$257,300

Median gross rent

$882$1,092

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gulfport	Pass Christian
Under 5	6.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	20.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	15.5%
75 and over	6.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulfport	Pass Christian
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	68.3%
Black or African American	37.8%	22.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	1.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulfport	Pass Christian
No high school diploma	12.3%	4.9%
High school graduate	31.9%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulfport	Pass Christian
Drove alone	80.4%	82.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	10.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	2.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gulfport	Pass Christian
1-unit, detached	63.3%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	7.3%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Gulfport	Pass Christian
Poverty rate	24.3%	9.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1986	2003