Escatawpa vs Wade

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

Escatawpa and Wade 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 1,380 in Wade). Wade has the higher median home value ($207,900 vs $89,800 in Escatawpa). Since 2019, Escatawpa's population has grown faster (+60.7% vs +3.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Escatawpa	Wade
Population	3,626	1,380
Median age	50.3 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,313	—
Median home value	$89,800	$207,900
Median gross rent	$1,318	—
Housing units	1,841	476
Homeownership rate	77.6%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	20.1%	48.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escatawpa	Wade
Population	2,257 → 3,626 (+60.7%)	1,336 → 1,380 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$38,242 → $35,313 (-7.7%)	$61,845 → $42,557 (-31.2%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $89,800 (+1.4%)	$177,800 → $207,900 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $1,318 (+101.5%)	—

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

Wade

Population

1,3361,380

Median household income

$61,845$42,557

Median home value

$177,800$207,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Escatawpa	Wade
Under 5	5.2%	10.9%
5 to 17	9.5%	10.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	24.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	9.6%
35 to 44	8.1%	6.4%
45 to 54	14.9%	5.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	25.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.2%
75 and over	19.2%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escatawpa	Wade
White (non-Hispanic)	71.6%	99.5%
Black or African American	22.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escatawpa	Wade
No high school diploma	19.9%	25.5%
High school graduate	51.0%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escatawpa	Wade
Drove alone	77.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	15.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escatawpa	Wade
1-unit, detached	86.9%	48.9%
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%	51.1%

Poverty & households

	Escatawpa	Wade
Poverty rate	21.0%	48.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	24	53
Median year structure built	1974	1993