Moss Point vs Pascagoula

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

Moss Point 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 12,066 in Moss Point). Moss Point has the higher median household income ($46,684 vs $43,286 in Pascagoula). Pascagoula has the higher median home value ($132,500 vs $107,700 in Moss Point).

Population, income & housing

	Moss Point	Pascagoula
Population	12,066	21,812
Median age	42.5 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,684	$43,286
Median home value	$107,700	$132,500
Median gross rent	$1,043	$896
Housing units	5,712	10,218
Homeownership rate	75.3%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moss Point	Pascagoula
Population	13,451 → 12,066 (-10.3%)	21,809 → 21,812 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$42,173 → $46,684 (+10.7%)	$39,887 → $43,286 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $107,700 (+18.6%)	$110,900 → $132,500 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,043 (+20.3%)	$752 → $896 (+19.1%)

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

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)

	Moss Point	Pascagoula
Under 5	6.3%	8.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	8.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	14.1%	10.5%
75 and over	7.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moss Point	Pascagoula
White (non-Hispanic)	18.6%	44.8%
Black or African American	73.3%	37.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moss Point	Pascagoula
No high school diploma	14.3%	11.7%
High school graduate	35.5%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moss Point	Pascagoula
Drove alone	83.4%	87.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.5%	2.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moss Point	Pascagoula
1-unit, detached	87.9%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	17.5%
20 or more units	0.2%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Moss Point	Pascagoula
Poverty rate	17.8%	28.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1968	1973