Latimer vs Moss Point

A side-by-side comparison of Latimer and Moss Point: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moss Point has the higher population (12,066 vs 6,474 in Latimer). Latimer has the higher median household income ($66,016 vs $46,684 in Moss Point). Latimer has the higher median home value ($178,500 vs $107,700 in Moss Point).

Population, income & housing

	Latimer	Moss Point
Population	6,474	12,066
Median age	38.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,016	$46,684
Median home value	$178,500	$107,700
Median gross rent	$1,126	$1,043
Housing units	2,509	5,712
Homeownership rate	78.7%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Latimer	Moss Point
Population	6,895 → 6,474 (-6.1%)	13,451 → 12,066 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$56,938 → $66,016 (+15.9%)	$42,173 → $46,684 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$139,400 → $178,500 (+28.0%)	$90,800 → $107,700 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,126 (+37.5%)	$867 → $1,043 (+20.3%)

Latimer

Population

6,8956,474

Median household income

$56,938$66,016

Median home value

$139,400$178,500

Median gross rent

$819$1,126

Moss Point

Population

13,45112,066

Median household income

$42,173$46,684

Median home value

$90,800$107,700

Median gross rent

$867$1,043

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Latimer	Moss Point
Under 5	6.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.5%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	14.1%
75 and over	6.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Latimer	Moss Point
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	18.6%
Black or African American	4.4%	73.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	6.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.7%
Two or more races	9.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Latimer	Moss Point
No high school diploma	11.6%	14.3%
High school graduate	32.2%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Latimer	Moss Point
Drove alone	90.6%	83.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Latimer	Moss Point
1-unit, detached	70.9%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Latimer	Moss Point
Poverty rate	17.8%	17.8%
Average household size	2.87	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	2000	1968