Escatawpa vs Hurley

A side-by-side comparison of Escatawpa and Hurley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Escatawpa has the higher population (3,626 vs 1,305 in Hurley). Hurley has the higher median household income ($67,051 vs $35,313 in Escatawpa). Hurley has the higher median home value ($215,600 vs $89,800 in Escatawpa).

Population, income & housing

	Escatawpa	Hurley
Population	3,626	1,305
Median age	50.3 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$35,313	$67,051
Median home value	$89,800	$215,600
Median gross rent	$1,318	—
Housing units	1,841	545
Homeownership rate	77.6%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	20.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escatawpa	Hurley
Population	2,257 → 3,626 (+60.7%)	1,292 → 1,305 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$38,242 → $35,313 (-7.7%)	$77,841 → $67,051 (-13.9%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $89,800 (+1.4%)	$159,000 → $215,600 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $1,318 (+101.5%)	$846 → $911 (+7.7%)

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

Hurley

Population

1,2921,305

Median household income

$77,841$67,051

Median home value

$159,000$215,600

Median gross rent

$846$911

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Escatawpa	Hurley
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.5%	28.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	11.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	3.5%
35 to 44	8.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	16.2%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.6%
75 and over	19.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escatawpa	Hurley
White (non-Hispanic)	71.6%	97.0%
Black or African American	22.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escatawpa	Hurley
No high school diploma	19.9%	21.5%
High school graduate	51.0%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escatawpa	Hurley
Drove alone	77.1%	44.7%
Carpooled	15.7%	37.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	17.4%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escatawpa	Hurley
1-unit, detached	86.9%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Escatawpa	Hurley
Poverty rate	21.0%	14.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1974	1995