Escatawpa vs Latimer

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

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

Latimer has the higher population (6,474 vs 3,626 in Escatawpa). Latimer has the higher median household income ($66,016 vs $35,313 in Escatawpa). Latimer has the higher median home value ($178,500 vs $89,800 in Escatawpa).

Population, income & housing

	Escatawpa	Latimer
Population	3,626	6,474
Median age	50.3 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,313	$66,016
Median home value	$89,800	$178,500
Median gross rent	$1,318	$1,126
Housing units	1,841	2,509
Homeownership rate	77.6%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	20.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escatawpa	Latimer
Population	2,257 → 3,626 (+60.7%)	6,895 → 6,474 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$38,242 → $35,313 (-7.7%)	$56,938 → $66,016 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $89,800 (+1.4%)	$139,400 → $178,500 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $1,318 (+101.5%)	$819 → $1,126 (+37.5%)

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

Latimer

Population

6,8956,474

Median household income

$56,938$66,016

Median home value

$139,400$178,500

Median gross rent

$819$1,126

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Escatawpa	Latimer
Under 5	5.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	9.5%	15.5%
18 to 24	4.4%	10.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.8%
75 and over	19.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escatawpa	Latimer
White (non-Hispanic)	71.6%	71.9%
Black or African American	22.1%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escatawpa	Latimer
No high school diploma	19.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	51.0%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escatawpa	Latimer
Drove alone	77.1%	90.6%
Carpooled	15.7%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	3.4%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escatawpa	Latimer
1-unit, detached	86.9%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Escatawpa	Latimer
Poverty rate	21.0%	17.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1974	2000