Gulf Hills vs Pascagoula

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

Gulf Hills 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 8,193 in Gulf Hills). Gulf Hills has the higher median household income ($66,472 vs $43,286 in Pascagoula). Gulf Hills has the higher median home value ($191,800 vs $132,500 in Pascagoula).

Population, income & housing

	Gulf Hills	Pascagoula
Population	8,193	21,812
Median age	34.5 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,472	$43,286
Median home value	$191,800	$132,500
Median gross rent	$1,201	$896
Housing units	3,670	10,218
Homeownership rate	71.7%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulf Hills	Pascagoula
Population	8,352 → 8,193 (-1.9%)	21,809 → 21,812 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$53,521 → $66,472 (+24.2%)	$39,887 → $43,286 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$136,800 → $191,800 (+40.2%)	$110,900 → $132,500 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$999 → $1,201 (+20.2%)	$752 → $896 (+19.1%)

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

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)

	Gulf Hills	Pascagoula
Under 5	6.5%	8.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.7%
18 to 24	12.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	17.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.5%
75 and over	5.7%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulf Hills	Pascagoula
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	44.8%
Black or African American	9.9%	37.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulf Hills	Pascagoula
No high school diploma	3.5%	11.7%
High school graduate	15.2%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulf Hills	Pascagoula
Drove alone	79.6%	87.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.6%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gulf Hills	Pascagoula
1-unit, detached	77.2%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	17.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Gulf Hills	Pascagoula
Poverty rate	10.9%	28.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1992	1973