Pickens vs West

A side-by-side comparison of Pickens and West: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pickens has the higher population (1,235 vs 192 in West). West has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $31,107 in Pickens). Pickens has the higher median home value ($104,200 vs $82,100 in West).

Population, income & housing

	Pickens	West
Population	1,235	192
Median age	34.9 yrs	27.6 yrs
Median household income	$31,107	$83,750
Median home value	$104,200	$82,100
Housing units	504	67
Homeownership rate	60.4%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pickens	West
Population	1,083 → 1,235 (+14.0%)	119 → 192 (+61.3%)
Median household income	$26,282 → $31,107 (+18.4%)	$46,250 → $83,750 (+81.1%)
Median home value	$70,600 → $104,200 (+47.6%)	$73,200 → $82,100 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $545 (+10.8%)	—

Pickens

Population

1,0831,235

Median household income

$26,282$31,107

Median home value

$70,600$104,200

Median gross rent

$492$545

West

Population

119192

Median household income

$46,250$83,750

Median home value

$73,200$82,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pickens	West
Under 5	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	29.0%	4.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	19.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	32.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	9.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	6.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	7.8%
75 and over	9.4%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pickens	West
White (non-Hispanic)	4.5%	47.9%
Black or African American	95.2%	52.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pickens	West
No high school diploma	26.5%	21.4%
High school graduate	31.6%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pickens	West
Drove alone	85.5%	91.2%
Carpooled	2.2%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pickens	West
1-unit, detached	75.8%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Pickens	West
Poverty rate	31.2%	2.1%
Average household size	2.86	3.76
Mean commute (minutes)	43	43
Median year structure built	1980	1948