Arnold Line vs Purvis

A side-by-side comparison of Arnold Line and Purvis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Purvis has the higher population (1,691 vs 1,434 in Arnold Line). Arnold Line has the higher median household income ($51,136 vs $34,688 in Purvis). Arnold Line has the higher median home value ($156,100 vs $122,500 in Purvis).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold Line	Purvis
Population	1,434	1,691
Median age	34.9 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,136	$34,688
Median home value	$156,100	$122,500
Median gross rent	$1,310	$862
Housing units	730	771
Homeownership rate	78.3%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold Line	Purvis
Population	2,113 → 1,434 (-32.1%)	2,406 → 1,691 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $51,136 (+22.1%)	$28,136 → $34,688 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$105,100 → $156,100 (+48.5%)	$109,400 → $122,500 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,227 → $1,310 (+6.8%)	$749 → $862 (+15.1%)

Arnold Line

Population

2,1131,434

Median household income

$41,875$51,136

Median home value

$105,100$156,100

Median gross rent

$1,227$1,310

Purvis

Population

2,4061,691

Median household income

$28,136$34,688

Median home value

$109,400$122,500

Median gross rent

$749$862

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnold Line	Purvis
Under 5	4.8%	8.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	24.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	24.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	18.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	5.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	8.6%	8.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.6%
75 and over	6.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold Line	Purvis
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	74.3%
Black or African American	42.7%	21.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold Line	Purvis
No high school diploma	4.3%	19.9%
High school graduate	24.9%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold Line	Purvis
Drove alone	72.6%	92.4%
Carpooled	27.4%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold Line	Purvis
1-unit, detached	98.6%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Arnold Line	Purvis
Poverty rate	30.0%	29.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1982	1974