Gautier vs Ocean Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Gautier and Ocean Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Gautier and Ocean Springs 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 18,561 in Ocean Springs). Ocean Springs has the higher median household income ($78,929 vs $62,480 in Gautier). Ocean Springs has the higher median home value ($235,100 vs $162,700 in Gautier).

Population, income & housing

	Gautier	Ocean Springs
Population	19,026	18,561
Median age	38.9 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,480	$78,929
Median home value	$162,700	$235,100
Median gross rent	$1,077	$1,364
Housing units	8,284	8,681
Homeownership rate	65.5%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gautier	Ocean Springs
Population	18,496 → 19,026 (+2.9%)	17,729 → 18,561 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$47,399 → $62,480 (+31.8%)	$58,713 → $78,929 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$138,900 → $162,700 (+17.1%)	$174,000 → $235,100 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,077 (+16.7%)	$954 → $1,364 (+43.0%)

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

Ocean Springs

Population

17,72918,561

Median household income

$58,713$78,929

Median home value

$174,000$235,100

Median gross rent

$954$1,364

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gautier	Ocean Springs
Under 5	4.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	16.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.7%
75 and over	5.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gautier	Ocean Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	76.7%
Black or African American	32.1%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gautier	Ocean Springs
No high school diploma	13.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	22.9%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gautier	Ocean Springs
Drove alone	83.2%	83.8%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.1%	9.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gautier	Ocean Springs
1-unit, detached	68.0%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	6.4%
20 or more units	5.7%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Gautier	Ocean Springs
Poverty rate	17.9%	5.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1988	1979