Vancleave vs Wade

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

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

Vancleave has the higher population (5,196 vs 1,380 in Wade). Vancleave has the higher median home value ($218,900 vs $207,900 in Wade). Since 2019, Vancleave's population has grown faster (+5.2% vs +3.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Vancleave	Wade
Population	5,196	1,380
Median age	39.8 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,000	—
Median home value	$218,900	$207,900
Housing units	2,173	476
Homeownership rate	95.0%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	48.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Vancleave	Wade
Population	4,939 → 5,196 (+5.2%)	1,336 → 1,380 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$56,602 → $71,000 (+25.4%)	$61,845 → $42,557 (-31.2%)
Median home value	$161,500 → $218,900 (+35.5%)	$177,800 → $207,900 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,182 → $1,029 (-12.9%)	—

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

Wade

Population

1,3361,380

Median household income

$61,845$42,557

Median home value

$177,800$207,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Vancleave	Wade
Under 5	5.3%	10.9%
5 to 17	20.2%	10.4%
18 to 24	3.8%	24.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	6.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	5.1%
55 to 64	17.8%	25.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	6.2%
75 and over	7.1%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Vancleave	Wade
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	99.5%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Vancleave	Wade
No high school diploma	6.1%	25.5%
High school graduate	30.0%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Vancleave	Wade
Drove alone	80.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Vancleave	Wade
1-unit, detached	73.4%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	51.1%

Poverty & households

	Vancleave	Wade
Poverty rate	5.3%	48.6%
Average household size	2.68	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	33	53
Median year structure built	2000	1993