Bay Springs vs Montrose

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

Bay Springs and Montrose 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 139 in Montrose). Montrose has the higher median home value ($251,900 vs $147,600 in Bay Springs). Since 2019, Bay Springs's population has grown faster (+23.8% vs +13.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Springs	Montrose
Population	2,021	139
Median age	44.8 yrs	66.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,183	—
Median home value	$147,600	$251,900
Median gross rent	$482	—
Housing units	951	95
Homeownership rate	70.8%	97.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Springs	Montrose
Population	1,632 → 2,021 (+23.8%)	123 → 139 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$39,097 → $49,183 (+25.8%)	$84,375 → $21,677 (-74.3%)
Median home value	$78,900 → $147,600 (+87.1%)	$65,600 → $251,900 (+284.0%)
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

Montrose

Population

123139

Median household income

$84,375$21,677

Median home value

$65,600$251,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Springs	Montrose
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	5.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	0.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	2.2%
45 to 54	16.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	20.9%
65 to 74	6.8%	49.6%
75 and over	11.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Springs	Montrose
White (non-Hispanic)	41.8%	87.8%
Black or African American	57.7%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Springs	Montrose
No high school diploma	12.5%	9.0%
High school graduate	44.2%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Springs	Montrose
Drove alone	90.2%	91.5%
Carpooled	6.8%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Springs	Montrose
1-unit, detached	75.5%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.1%
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%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Bay Springs	Montrose
Poverty rate	17.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.32	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1984	1978