Baxterville vs Lumberton

A side-by-side comparison of Baxterville and Lumberton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lumberton has the higher population (1,515 vs 421 in Baxterville). Baxterville has the higher median household income ($45,391 vs $40,050 in Lumberton). Lumberton has the higher median home value ($78,000 vs $9,999 in Baxterville).

Population, income & housing

	Baxterville	Lumberton
Population	421	1,515
Median age	26.5 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,391	$40,050
Median home value	$9,999	$78,000
Median gross rent	—	$832
Housing units	136	862
Homeownership rate	91.9%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxterville	Lumberton
Population	408 → 421 (+3.2%)	1,882 → 1,515 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$42,992 → $45,391 (+5.6%)	$21,195 → $40,050 (+89.0%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)	$77,400 → $78,000 (+0.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$554 → $832 (+50.2%)

Baxterville

Population

408421

Median household income

$42,992$45,391

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

Lumberton

Population

1,8821,515

Median household income

$21,195$40,050

Median home value

$77,400$78,000

Median gross rent

$554$832

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxterville	Lumberton
Under 5	11.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	9.3%	22.8%
18 to 24	3.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	49.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	6.4%	9.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	21.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	7.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.3%
75 and over	7.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxterville	Lumberton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	23.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	73.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxterville	Lumberton
No high school diploma	50.3%	11.7%
High school graduate	41.1%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	4.4%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxterville	Lumberton
Drove alone	95.0%	89.1%
Carpooled	5.0%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxterville	Lumberton
1-unit, detached	34.6%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	65.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Baxterville	Lumberton
Poverty rate	42.6%	37.9%
Average household size	3.10	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1993	1975