Gautier vs St. Martin

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

Gautier and St. Martin 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 7,797 in St. Martin). Gautier has the higher median household income ($62,480 vs $53,488 in St. Martin). St. Martin has the higher median home value ($171,300 vs $162,700 in Gautier).

Population, income & housing

	Gautier	St. Martin
Population	19,026	7,797
Median age	38.9 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,480	$53,488
Median home value	$162,700	$171,300
Median gross rent	$1,077	$1,040
Housing units	8,284	3,320
Homeownership rate	65.5%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gautier	St. Martin
Population	18,496 → 19,026 (+2.9%)	7,963 → 7,797 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$47,399 → $62,480 (+31.8%)	$47,210 → $53,488 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$138,900 → $162,700 (+17.1%)	$126,000 → $171,300 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,077 (+16.7%)	$901 → $1,040 (+15.4%)

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

St. Martin

Population

7,9637,797

Median household income

$47,210$53,488

Median home value

$126,000$171,300

Median gross rent

$901$1,040

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gautier	St. Martin
Under 5	4.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	18.2%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.1%
75 and over	5.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gautier	St. Martin
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	74.5%
Black or African American	32.1%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gautier	St. Martin
No high school diploma	13.2%	22.5%
High school graduate	22.9%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gautier	St. Martin
Drove alone	83.2%	84.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gautier	St. Martin
1-unit, detached	68.0%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	21.4%
20 or more units	5.7%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Gautier	St. Martin
Poverty rate	17.9%	12.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1988	1990