Bassfield vs Prentiss

A side-by-side comparison of Bassfield and Prentiss: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prentiss has the higher population (1,048 vs 211 in Bassfield). Prentiss has the higher median household income ($30,395 vs $30,208 in Bassfield). Prentiss has the higher median home value ($84,800 vs $84,000 in Bassfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bassfield	Prentiss
Population	211	1,048
Median age	39.1 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$30,208	$30,395
Median home value	$84,000	$84,800
Median gross rent	—	$790
Housing units	119	504
Homeownership rate	84.7%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bassfield	Prentiss
Population	276 → 211 (-23.6%)	1,159 → 1,048 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $30,208 (-19.4%)	$30,655 → $30,395 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $84,000 (-30.1%)	$88,000 → $84,800 (-3.6%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $945 (+20.8%)	$623 → $790 (+26.8%)

Bassfield

Population

276211

Median household income

$37,500$30,208

Median home value

$120,200$84,000

Median gross rent

$782$945

Prentiss

Population

1,1591,048

Median household income

$30,655$30,395

Median home value

$88,000$84,800

Median gross rent

$623$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bassfield	Prentiss
Under 5	14.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	12.8%	13.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	2.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	16.6%	7.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	16.2%
55 to 64	9.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	13.5%
75 and over	10.4%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bassfield	Prentiss
White (non-Hispanic)	52.1%	44.4%
Black or African American	43.1%	48.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bassfield	Prentiss
No high school diploma	23.9%	16.4%
High school graduate	31.3%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bassfield	Prentiss
Drove alone	79.0%	73.4%
Carpooled	14.5%	22.1%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.3%
Other means	3.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bassfield	Prentiss
1-unit, detached	96.6%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bassfield	Prentiss
Poverty rate	37.4%	24.4%
Average household size	2.48	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1968	1965