Gautier vs Gulf Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Gautier and Gulf Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gautier has the higher population (19,026 vs 8,193 in Gulf Hills). Gulf Hills has the higher median household income ($66,472 vs $62,480 in Gautier). Gulf Hills has the higher median home value ($191,800 vs $162,700 in Gautier).

Population, income & housing

	Gautier	Gulf Hills
Population	19,026	8,193
Median age	38.9 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,480	$66,472
Median home value	$162,700	$191,800
Median gross rent	$1,077	$1,201
Housing units	8,284	3,670
Homeownership rate	65.5%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gautier	Gulf Hills
Population	18,496 → 19,026 (+2.9%)	8,352 → 8,193 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$47,399 → $62,480 (+31.8%)	$53,521 → $66,472 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$138,900 → $162,700 (+17.1%)	$136,800 → $191,800 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,077 (+16.7%)	$999 → $1,201 (+20.2%)

Gautier

Population

18,49619,026

Median household income

$47,399$62,480

Median home value

$138,900$162,700

Median gross rent

$923$1,077

Gulf Hills

Population

8,3528,193

Median household income

$53,521$66,472

Median home value

$136,800$191,800

Median gross rent

$999$1,201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gautier	Gulf Hills
Under 5	4.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.7%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	12.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	17.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.7%
75 and over	5.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gautier	Gulf Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	68.2%
Black or African American	32.1%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	7.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gautier	Gulf Hills
No high school diploma	13.2%	3.5%
High school graduate	22.9%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gautier	Gulf Hills
Drove alone	83.2%	79.6%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	11.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gautier	Gulf Hills
1-unit, detached	68.0%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	14.1%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Gautier	Gulf Hills
Poverty rate	17.9%	10.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1988	1992