Bay Springs vs Heidelberg

A side-by-side comparison of Bay Springs and Heidelberg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bay Springs has the higher population (2,021 vs 709 in Heidelberg). Heidelberg has the higher median household income ($52,722 vs $49,183 in Bay Springs). Bay Springs has the higher median home value ($147,600 vs $79,400 in Heidelberg).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Springs	Heidelberg
Population	2,021	709
Median age	44.8 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,183	$52,722
Median home value	$147,600	$79,400
Median gross rent	$482	$1,051
Housing units	951	281
Homeownership rate	70.8%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Springs	Heidelberg
Population	1,632 → 2,021 (+23.8%)	716 → 709 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$39,097 → $49,183 (+25.8%)	$25,938 → $52,722 (+103.3%)
Median home value	$78,900 → $147,600 (+87.1%)	$81,900 → $79,400 (-3.1%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $482 (-14.5%)	$694 → $1,051 (+51.4%)

Bay Springs

Population

1,6322,021

Median household income

$39,097$49,183

Median home value

$78,900$147,600

Median gross rent

$564$482

Heidelberg

Population

716709

Median household income

$25,938$52,722

Median home value

$81,900$79,400

Median gross rent

$694$1,051

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Springs	Heidelberg
Under 5	2.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	8.7%
45 to 54	16.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	15.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	17.1%
75 and over	11.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Springs	Heidelberg
White (non-Hispanic)	41.8%	11.8%
Black or African American	57.7%	87.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Springs	Heidelberg
No high school diploma	12.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	44.2%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Springs	Heidelberg
Drove alone	90.2%	95.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Springs	Heidelberg
1-unit, detached	75.5%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Bay Springs	Heidelberg
Poverty rate	17.2%	24.7%
Average household size	2.32	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1984	1975