Ocean Springs vs Pascagoula

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

Ocean Springs 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 18,561 in Ocean Springs). Ocean Springs has the higher median household income ($78,929 vs $43,286 in Pascagoula). Ocean Springs has the higher median home value ($235,100 vs $132,500 in Pascagoula).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Springs	Pascagoula
Population	18,561	21,812
Median age	42.7 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,929	$43,286
Median home value	$235,100	$132,500
Median gross rent	$1,364	$896
Housing units	8,681	10,218
Homeownership rate	69.4%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Springs	Pascagoula
Population	17,729 → 18,561 (+4.7%)	21,809 → 21,812 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$58,713 → $78,929 (+34.4%)	$39,887 → $43,286 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $235,100 (+35.1%)	$110,900 → $132,500 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$954 → $1,364 (+43.0%)	$752 → $896 (+19.1%)

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

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)

	Ocean Springs	Pascagoula
Under 5	3.8%	8.9%
5 to 17	18.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	16.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.5%
75 and over	8.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Springs	Pascagoula
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	44.8%
Black or African American	7.6%	37.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Springs	Pascagoula
No high school diploma	4.5%	11.7%
High school graduate	17.7%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Springs	Pascagoula
Drove alone	83.8%	87.7%
Carpooled	5.6%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.4%	2.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Springs	Pascagoula
1-unit, detached	79.5%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	17.5%
20 or more units	6.7%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Springs	Pascagoula
Poverty rate	5.2%	28.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1979	1973