Ellisville vs Soso

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

Ellisville and Soso 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 497 in Soso). Soso has the higher median household income ($65,521 vs $32,853 in Ellisville). Soso has the higher median home value ($143,300 vs $97,000 in Ellisville).

Population, income & housing

	Ellisville	Soso
Population	4,593	497
Median age	32.5 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$32,853	$65,521
Median home value	$97,000	$143,300
Median gross rent	$797	$872
Housing units	1,397	212
Homeownership rate	49.5%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellisville	Soso
Population	4,714 → 4,593 (-2.6%)	582 → 497 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$30,565 → $32,853 (+7.5%)	$51,618 → $65,521 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$103,100 → $97,000 (-5.9%)	$101,700 → $143,300 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $797 (+6.3%)	$967 → $872 (-9.8%)

Ellisville

Population

4,7144,593

Median household income

$30,565$32,853

Median home value

$103,100$97,000

Median gross rent

$750$797

Soso

Population

582497

Median household income

$51,618$65,521

Median home value

$101,700$143,300

Median gross rent

$967$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellisville	Soso
Under 5	5.4%	9.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	20.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	20.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	8.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.5%
75 and over	7.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellisville	Soso
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	77.5%
Black or African American	33.2%	21.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.8%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellisville	Soso
No high school diploma	18.1%	13.2%
High school graduate	29.5%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellisville	Soso
Drove alone	82.3%	90.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.5%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellisville	Soso
1-unit, detached	71.2%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
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%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Ellisville	Soso
Poverty rate	34.6%	4.3%
Average household size	2.63	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1980	1976