Arnold Line vs West Hattiesburg

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

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

West Hattiesburg has the higher population (6,509 vs 1,434 in Arnold Line). Arnold Line has the higher median household income ($51,136 vs $38,269 in West Hattiesburg). West Hattiesburg has the higher median home value ($209,100 vs $156,100 in Arnold Line).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold Line	West Hattiesburg
Population	1,434	6,509
Median age	34.9 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,136	$38,269
Median home value	$156,100	$209,100
Median gross rent	$1,310	$1,014
Housing units	730	2,663
Homeownership rate	78.3%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold Line	West Hattiesburg
Population	2,113 → 1,434 (-32.1%)	6,352 → 6,509 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $51,136 (+22.1%)	$40,433 → $38,269 (-5.4%)
Median home value	$105,100 → $156,100 (+48.5%)	$144,400 → $209,100 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,227 → $1,310 (+6.8%)	$843 → $1,014 (+20.3%)

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

West Hattiesburg

Population

6,3526,509

Median household income

$40,433$38,269

Median home value

$144,400$209,100

Median gross rent

$843$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnold Line	West Hattiesburg
Under 5	4.8%	8.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	21.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	11.8%
25 to 34	24.1%	15.5%
35 to 44	18.0%	15.8%
45 to 54	5.7%	9.2%
55 to 64	8.6%	5.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.1%
75 and over	6.8%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold Line	West Hattiesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	27.3%
Black or African American	42.7%	51.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold Line	West Hattiesburg
No high school diploma	4.3%	14.5%
High school graduate	24.9%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold Line	West Hattiesburg
Drove alone	72.6%	71.5%
Carpooled	27.4%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	9.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold Line	West Hattiesburg
1-unit, detached	98.6%	32.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Arnold Line	West Hattiesburg
Poverty rate	30.0%	37.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1982	1988