Escatawpa vs Gulf Park Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Escatawpa and Gulf Park Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

Escatawpa and Gulf Park Estates are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gulf Park Estates has the higher population (6,517 vs 3,626 in Escatawpa). Gulf Park Estates has the higher median household income ($62,100 vs $35,313 in Escatawpa). Gulf Park Estates has the higher median home value ($196,800 vs $89,800 in Escatawpa).

Population, income & housing

	Escatawpa	Gulf Park Estates
Population	3,626	6,517
Median age	50.3 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,313	$62,100
Median home value	$89,800	$196,800
Median gross rent	$1,318	$1,389
Housing units	1,841	2,630
Homeownership rate	77.6%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	20.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escatawpa	Gulf Park Estates
Population	2,257 → 3,626 (+60.7%)	7,053 → 6,517 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$38,242 → $35,313 (-7.7%)	$75,378 → $62,100 (-17.6%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $89,800 (+1.4%)	$147,700 → $196,800 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $1,318 (+101.5%)	$1,332 → $1,389 (+4.3%)

Escatawpa

Population

2,2573,626

Median household income

$38,242$35,313

Median home value

$88,600$89,800

Median gross rent

$654$1,318

Gulf Park Estates

Population

7,0536,517

Median household income

$75,378$62,100

Median home value

$147,700$196,800

Median gross rent

$1,332$1,389

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Escatawpa	Gulf Park Estates
Under 5	5.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	9.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.9%	14.6%
55 to 64	16.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	12.8%
75 and over	19.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escatawpa	Gulf Park Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	71.6%	86.1%
Black or African American	22.1%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escatawpa	Gulf Park Estates
No high school diploma	19.9%	10.7%
High school graduate	51.0%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escatawpa	Gulf Park Estates
Drove alone	77.1%	74.2%
Carpooled	15.7%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	5.3%
Other means	6.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escatawpa	Gulf Park Estates
1-unit, detached	86.9%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	2.2%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Escatawpa	Gulf Park Estates
Poverty rate	21.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1974	1993