Clinton vs Terry

A side-by-side comparison of Clinton and Terry: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clinton has the higher population (27,418 vs 1,809 in Terry). Clinton has the higher median household income ($70,913 vs $48,354 in Terry). Clinton has the higher median home value ($220,400 vs $155,800 in Terry).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	Terry
Population	27,418	1,809
Median age	37.0 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,913	$48,354
Median home value	$220,400	$155,800
Median gross rent	$1,135	$1,125
Housing units	11,148	644
Homeownership rate	69.1%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	Terry
Population	25,131 → 27,418 (+9.1%)	1,286 → 1,809 (+40.7%)
Median household income	$62,685 → $70,913 (+13.1%)	$53,295 → $48,354 (-9.3%)
Median home value	$169,500 → $220,400 (+30.0%)	$151,800 → $155,800 (+2.6%)
Median gross rent	$981 → $1,135 (+15.7%)	$809 → $1,125 (+39.1%)

Clinton

Population

25,13127,418

Median household income

$62,685$70,913

Median home value

$169,500$220,400

Median gross rent

$981$1,135

Terry

Population

1,2861,809

Median household income

$53,295$48,354

Median home value

$151,800$155,800

Median gross rent

$809$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton	Terry
Under 5	6.8%	10.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	31.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	15.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	7.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	8.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.7%
75 and over	8.1%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	Terry
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	17.3%
Black or African American	41.8%	81.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	Terry
No high school diploma	6.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	16.1%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	29.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	Terry
Drove alone	77.2%	93.7%
Carpooled	12.3%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	3.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	Terry
1-unit, detached	72.5%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	Terry
Poverty rate	10.2%	12.3%
Average household size	2.58	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1982	1996