Moss Point vs Ocean Springs

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

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

Ocean Springs has the higher population (18,561 vs 12,066 in Moss Point). Ocean Springs has the higher median household income ($78,929 vs $46,684 in Moss Point). Ocean Springs has the higher median home value ($235,100 vs $107,700 in Moss Point).

Population, income & housing

	Moss Point	Ocean Springs
Population	12,066	18,561
Median age	42.5 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,684	$78,929
Median home value	$107,700	$235,100
Median gross rent	$1,043	$1,364
Housing units	5,712	8,681
Homeownership rate	75.3%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moss Point	Ocean Springs
Population	13,451 → 12,066 (-10.3%)	17,729 → 18,561 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$42,173 → $46,684 (+10.7%)	$58,713 → $78,929 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $107,700 (+18.6%)	$174,000 → $235,100 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,043 (+20.3%)	$954 → $1,364 (+43.0%)

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

Ocean Springs

Population

17,72918,561

Median household income

$58,713$78,929

Median home value

$174,000$235,100

Median gross rent

$954$1,364

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moss Point	Ocean Springs
Under 5	6.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	16.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	14.1%	11.7%
75 and over	7.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moss Point	Ocean Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	18.6%	76.7%
Black or African American	73.3%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moss Point	Ocean Springs
No high school diploma	14.3%	4.5%
High school graduate	35.5%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moss Point	Ocean Springs
Drove alone	83.4%	83.8%
Carpooled	11.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.5%	9.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moss Point	Ocean Springs
1-unit, detached	87.9%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Moss Point	Ocean Springs
Poverty rate	17.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1968	1979