Bay Springs vs Louin

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

Bay Springs and Louin 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 444 in Louin). Louin has the higher median household income ($52,679 vs $49,183 in Bay Springs). Louin has the higher median home value ($172,700 vs $147,600 in Bay Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Springs	Louin
Population	2,021	444
Median age	44.8 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,183	$52,679
Median home value	$147,600	$172,700
Median gross rent	$482	—
Housing units	951	204
Homeownership rate	70.8%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Springs	Louin
Population	1,632 → 2,021 (+23.8%)	378 → 444 (+17.5%)
Median household income	$39,097 → $49,183 (+25.8%)	$35,000 → $52,679 (+50.5%)
Median home value	$78,900 → $147,600 (+87.1%)	$88,800 → $172,700 (+94.5%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $482 (-14.5%)	—

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

Louin

Population

378444

Median household income

$35,000$52,679

Median home value

$88,800$172,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Springs	Louin
Under 5	2.5%	1.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	21.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	3.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.7%
45 to 54	16.5%	30.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	8.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.2%
75 and over	11.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Springs	Louin
White (non-Hispanic)	41.8%	62.4%
Black or African American	57.7%	37.2%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Springs	Louin
No high school diploma	12.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	44.2%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Springs	Louin
Drove alone	90.2%	78.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	21.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Springs	Louin
1-unit, detached	75.5%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Bay Springs	Louin
Poverty rate	17.2%	14.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1984	1980