Gautier vs Moss Point

A side-by-side comparison of Gautier and Moss Point: population, income, housing, and more.

Gautier and Moss Point 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 12,066 in Moss Point). Gautier has the higher median household income ($62,480 vs $46,684 in Moss Point). Gautier has the higher median home value ($162,700 vs $107,700 in Moss Point).

Population, income & housing

	Gautier	Moss Point
Population	19,026	12,066
Median age	38.9 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,480	$46,684
Median home value	$162,700	$107,700
Median gross rent	$1,077	$1,043
Housing units	8,284	5,712
Homeownership rate	65.5%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gautier	Moss Point
Population	18,496 → 19,026 (+2.9%)	13,451 → 12,066 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$47,399 → $62,480 (+31.8%)	$42,173 → $46,684 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$138,900 → $162,700 (+17.1%)	$90,800 → $107,700 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,077 (+16.7%)	$867 → $1,043 (+20.3%)

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

Moss Point

Population

13,45112,066

Median household income

$42,173$46,684

Median home value

$90,800$107,700

Median gross rent

$867$1,043

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gautier	Moss Point
Under 5	4.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	14.1%
75 and over	5.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gautier	Moss Point
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	18.6%
Black or African American	32.1%	73.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	2.7%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gautier	Moss Point
No high school diploma	13.2%	14.3%
High school graduate	22.9%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gautier	Moss Point
Drove alone	83.2%	83.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	4.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gautier	Moss Point
1-unit, detached	68.0%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	1.9%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Gautier	Moss Point
Poverty rate	17.9%	17.8%
Average household size	2.58	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1988	1968