Gulf Hills vs Vancleave

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

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

Gulf Hills has the higher population (8,193 vs 5,196 in Vancleave). Vancleave has the higher median household income ($71,000 vs $66,472 in Gulf Hills). Vancleave has the higher median home value ($218,900 vs $191,800 in Gulf Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Gulf Hills	Vancleave
Population	8,193	5,196
Median age	34.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,472	$71,000
Median home value	$191,800	$218,900
Median gross rent	$1,201	—
Housing units	3,670	2,173
Homeownership rate	71.7%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulf Hills	Vancleave
Population	8,352 → 8,193 (-1.9%)	4,939 → 5,196 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$53,521 → $66,472 (+24.2%)	$56,602 → $71,000 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$136,800 → $191,800 (+40.2%)	$161,500 → $218,900 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$999 → $1,201 (+20.2%)	$1,182 → $1,029 (-12.9%)

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

Vancleave

Population

4,9395,196

Median household income

$56,602$71,000

Median home value

$161,500$218,900

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gulf Hills	Vancleave
Under 5	6.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	12.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	17.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	17.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.3%
75 and over	5.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulf Hills	Vancleave
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	93.7%
Black or African American	9.9%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	7.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulf Hills	Vancleave
No high school diploma	3.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	15.2%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulf Hills	Vancleave
Drove alone	79.6%	80.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gulf Hills	Vancleave
1-unit, detached	77.2%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Gulf Hills	Vancleave
Poverty rate	10.9%	5.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1992	2000