Latimer vs Vancleave

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

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

Latimer has the higher population (6,474 vs 5,196 in Vancleave). Vancleave has the higher median household income ($71,000 vs $66,016 in Latimer). Vancleave has the higher median home value ($218,900 vs $178,500 in Latimer).

Population, income & housing

	Latimer	Vancleave
Population	6,474	5,196
Median age	38.4 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,016	$71,000
Median home value	$178,500	$218,900
Median gross rent	$1,126	—
Housing units	2,509	2,173
Homeownership rate	78.7%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Latimer	Vancleave
Population	6,895 → 6,474 (-6.1%)	4,939 → 5,196 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$56,938 → $66,016 (+15.9%)	$56,602 → $71,000 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$139,400 → $178,500 (+28.0%)	$161,500 → $218,900 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,126 (+37.5%)	$1,182 → $1,029 (-12.9%)

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

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)

	Latimer	Vancleave
Under 5	6.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	10.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	17.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.3%
75 and over	6.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Latimer	Vancleave
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	93.7%
Black or African American	4.4%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	6.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Latimer	Vancleave
No high school diploma	11.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	32.2%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Latimer	Vancleave
Drove alone	90.6%	80.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Latimer	Vancleave
1-unit, detached	70.9%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Latimer	Vancleave
Poverty rate	17.8%	5.3%
Average household size	2.87	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	2000	2000