Gautier vs Pascagoula

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

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

Pascagoula has the higher population (21,812 vs 19,026 in Gautier). Gautier has the higher median household income ($62,480 vs $43,286 in Pascagoula). Gautier has the higher median home value ($162,700 vs $132,500 in Pascagoula).

Population, income & housing

	Gautier	Pascagoula
Population	19,026	21,812
Median age	38.9 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,480	$43,286
Median home value	$162,700	$132,500
Median gross rent	$1,077	$896
Housing units	8,284	10,218
Homeownership rate	65.5%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gautier	Pascagoula
Population	18,496 → 19,026 (+2.9%)	21,809 → 21,812 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$47,399 → $62,480 (+31.8%)	$39,887 → $43,286 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$138,900 → $162,700 (+17.1%)	$110,900 → $132,500 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,077 (+16.7%)	$752 → $896 (+19.1%)

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

Pascagoula

Population

21,80921,812

Median household income

$39,887$43,286

Median home value

$110,900$132,500

Median gross rent

$752$896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gautier	Pascagoula
Under 5	4.1%	8.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.5%
75 and over	5.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gautier	Pascagoula
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	44.8%
Black or African American	32.1%	37.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gautier	Pascagoula
No high school diploma	13.2%	11.7%
High school graduate	22.9%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gautier	Pascagoula
Drove alone	83.2%	87.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.1%	2.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gautier	Pascagoula
1-unit, detached	68.0%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	17.5%
20 or more units	5.7%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Gautier	Pascagoula
Poverty rate	17.9%	28.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1988	1973