Escatawpa vs St. Martin

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

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

St. Martin has the higher population (7,797 vs 3,626 in Escatawpa). St. Martin has the higher median household income ($53,488 vs $35,313 in Escatawpa). St. Martin has the higher median home value ($171,300 vs $89,800 in Escatawpa).

Population, income & housing

	Escatawpa	St. Martin
Population	3,626	7,797
Median age	50.3 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,313	$53,488
Median home value	$89,800	$171,300
Median gross rent	$1,318	$1,040
Housing units	1,841	3,320
Homeownership rate	77.6%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	20.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escatawpa	St. Martin
Population	2,257 → 3,626 (+60.7%)	7,963 → 7,797 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$38,242 → $35,313 (-7.7%)	$47,210 → $53,488 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $89,800 (+1.4%)	$126,000 → $171,300 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $1,318 (+101.5%)	$901 → $1,040 (+15.4%)

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

St. Martin

Population

7,9637,797

Median household income

$47,210$53,488

Median home value

$126,000$171,300

Median gross rent

$901$1,040

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Escatawpa	St. Martin
Under 5	5.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	9.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	18.2%
45 to 54	14.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.1%
75 and over	19.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escatawpa	St. Martin
White (non-Hispanic)	71.6%	74.5%
Black or African American	22.1%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escatawpa	St. Martin
No high school diploma	19.9%	22.5%
High school graduate	51.0%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escatawpa	St. Martin
Drove alone	77.1%	84.7%
Carpooled	15.7%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	6.5%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escatawpa	St. Martin
1-unit, detached	86.9%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	21.4%
20 or more units	3.4%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Escatawpa	St. Martin
Poverty rate	21.0%	12.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1974	1990