Baxterville vs Purvis

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

Baxterville 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 421 in Baxterville). Baxterville has the higher median household income ($45,391 vs $34,688 in Purvis). Purvis has the higher median home value ($122,500 vs $9,999 in Baxterville).

Population, income & housing

	Baxterville	Purvis
Population	421	1,691
Median age	26.5 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,391	$34,688
Median home value	$9,999	$122,500
Median gross rent	—	$862
Housing units	136	771
Homeownership rate	91.9%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxterville	Purvis
Population	408 → 421 (+3.2%)	2,406 → 1,691 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$42,992 → $45,391 (+5.6%)	$28,136 → $34,688 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)	$109,400 → $122,500 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$749 → $862 (+15.1%)

Baxterville

Population

408421

Median household income

$42,992$45,391

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

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)

	Baxterville	Purvis
Under 5	11.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	9.3%	24.1%
18 to 24	3.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	49.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	6.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	8.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.6%
75 and over	7.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxterville	Purvis
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	74.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	21.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxterville	Purvis
No high school diploma	50.3%	19.9%
High school graduate	41.1%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	4.4%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxterville	Purvis
Drove alone	95.0%	92.4%
Carpooled	5.0%	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)

	Baxterville	Purvis
1-unit, detached	34.6%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	65.4%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Baxterville	Purvis
Poverty rate	42.6%	29.0%
Average household size	3.10	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1993	1974