Long Beach vs Lyman

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

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

Long Beach has the higher population (16,876 vs 2,041 in Lyman). Lyman has the higher median household income ($97,500 vs $71,121 in Long Beach). Long Beach has the higher median home value ($205,300 vs $205,000 in Lyman).

Population, income & housing

	Long Beach	Lyman
Population	16,876	2,041
Median age	39.8 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,121	$97,500
Median home value	$205,300	$205,000
Median gross rent	$1,209	$1,315
Housing units	7,614	785
Homeownership rate	66.9%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Beach	Lyman
Population	15,698 → 16,876 (+7.5%)	2,347 → 2,041 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$53,951 → $71,121 (+31.8%)	$70,250 → $97,500 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$151,400 → $205,300 (+35.6%)	$171,100 → $205,000 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,209 (+25.3%)	$827 → $1,315 (+59.0%)

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

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)

	Long Beach	Lyman
Under 5	5.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	23.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	1.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	15.6%	11.7%
75 and over	5.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Beach	Lyman
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	58.0%
Black or African American	10.1%	24.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Beach	Lyman
No high school diploma	6.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	28.0%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Beach	Lyman
Drove alone	83.6%	90.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	5.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Beach	Lyman
1-unit, detached	73.8%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Long Beach	Lyman
Poverty rate	7.7%	18.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1984	2006