Escatawpa vs Vancleave

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

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

Vancleave has the higher population (5,196 vs 3,626 in Escatawpa). Vancleave has the higher median household income ($71,000 vs $35,313 in Escatawpa). Vancleave has the higher median home value ($218,900 vs $89,800 in Escatawpa).

Population, income & housing

	Escatawpa	Vancleave
Population	3,626	5,196
Median age	50.3 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,313	$71,000
Median home value	$89,800	$218,900
Median gross rent	$1,318	—
Housing units	1,841	2,173
Homeownership rate	77.6%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	20.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escatawpa	Vancleave
Population	2,257 → 3,626 (+60.7%)	4,939 → 5,196 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$38,242 → $35,313 (-7.7%)	$56,602 → $71,000 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $89,800 (+1.4%)	$161,500 → $218,900 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $1,318 (+101.5%)	$1,182 → $1,029 (-12.9%)

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

Vancleave

Population

4,9395,196

Median household income

$56,602$71,000

Median home value

$161,500$218,900

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Escatawpa	Vancleave
Under 5	5.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	9.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	9.9%
45 to 54	14.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	16.2%	17.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.3%
75 and over	19.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escatawpa	Vancleave
White (non-Hispanic)	71.6%	93.7%
Black or African American	22.1%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escatawpa	Vancleave
No high school diploma	19.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	51.0%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escatawpa	Vancleave
Drove alone	77.1%	80.9%
Carpooled	15.7%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	10.4%
Other means	6.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escatawpa	Vancleave
1-unit, detached	86.9%	73.4%
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%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Escatawpa	Vancleave
Poverty rate	21.0%	5.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1974	2000