Ellisville vs Sandersville

A side-by-side comparison of Ellisville and Sandersville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ellisville has the higher population (4,593 vs 503 in Sandersville). Sandersville has the higher median household income ($47,167 vs $32,853 in Ellisville). Sandersville has the higher median home value ($105,200 vs $97,000 in Ellisville).

Population, income & housing

	Ellisville	Sandersville
Population	4,593	503
Median age	32.5 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$32,853	$47,167
Median home value	$97,000	$105,200
Median gross rent	$797	$838
Housing units	1,397	267
Homeownership rate	49.5%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellisville	Sandersville
Population	4,714 → 4,593 (-2.6%)	752 → 503 (-33.1%)
Median household income	$30,565 → $32,853 (+7.5%)	$38,250 → $47,167 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$103,100 → $97,000 (-5.9%)	$95,000 → $105,200 (+10.7%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $797 (+6.3%)	$836 → $838 (+0.2%)

Ellisville

Population

4,7144,593

Median household income

$30,565$32,853

Median home value

$103,100$97,000

Median gross rent

$750$797

Sandersville

Population

752503

Median household income

$38,250$47,167

Median home value

$95,000$105,200

Median gross rent

$836$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellisville	Sandersville
Under 5	5.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	20.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	5.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	25.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	12.9%
75 and over	7.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellisville	Sandersville
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	89.5%
Black or African American	33.2%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellisville	Sandersville
No high school diploma	18.1%	8.7%
High school graduate	29.5%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellisville	Sandersville
Drove alone	82.3%	95.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	4.6%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellisville	Sandersville
1-unit, detached	71.2%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Ellisville	Sandersville
Poverty rate	34.6%	27.0%
Average household size	2.63	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1980	1977